HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 56E Electronic communications from institutions to students

HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 56E

  (1)   This section applies to a notice that is described in section   41A or 54 and given by an institution to a student by electronic communication using an information system to which the student has access provided by the institution in accordance with guidelines about access to information systems used to give notices described in that section.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   9(1)(a) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 , it is reasonable to expect that the notice will be readily accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference.

  (3)   For the purposes of paragraph   9(1)(d) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 , the student is taken to consent to the giving of the notice by electronic communication.

Note:   This section has the effect that subsection   9(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 will treat the electronic communication of the notice as meeting the requirement in section   41A or 54 of this Act to give the notice.

  (4)   The Minister may issue written guidelines about institutions providing students with access to information systems used by institutions to give students notices described in section   41A or 54.

Note:   Guidelines issued under this section may be revoked or varied. See subsection   33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .