Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

YEAR 2000 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT 1999 - SECT 8

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, an original Year 2000 disclosure statement is a statement that:

(a)

relates solely to any or all of the following:

(i)

Year 2000 processing;

(ii)

the detection of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

(iii)

the prevention of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

(iv)

the remediation of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

(v)

the consequences or implications, for the supply of goods or services, of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

(vi)

contingency planning, risk management, remediation efforts or other arrangements for dealing with consequences or implications referred to in subparagraph (v);

(vii)

the consequences or implications, for the activities or capabilities of a person, of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

(viii)

contingency planning, risk management, remediation efforts or other arrangements for dealing with consequences or implications referred to in subparagraph (vii); and

(b)

includes words to the effect that the statement is a Year 2000 disclosure statement for the purposes of this Act; and

(c)

includes words to the effect that a person may be protected by this Act from liability for the statement in certain circumstances; and

(d)

is made after the commencement of this section and before 1 July 2001; and

(e)

identifies the person who authorised the statement; and

(f)

satisfies one of the following conditions:

(i)

the statement is made in writing;

(ii)

the statement is made in a data storage device and is capable of being reproduced in writing from that device (with or without the aid of any other article or device);

(iii)

the statement is made by way of an electronic communication of writing.

(2)

The subparagraphs of paragraph (1)(a) do not limit each other.

(3)

A statement is taken to comply with paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) if the statement includes the following words:

This statement is a Year 2000 disclosure statement for the purposes of the Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999 . A person may be protected by that Act from liability for this statement in certain circumstances.