ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 - SECT 13A
Time of receipt
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 - SECT 13A
Time of receipt
13A Time of receipt
(1) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction , unless otherwise agreed
between the originator and the addressee of an electronic communication -- (a)
the time of receipt of the electronic communication is the time when the
electronic communication becomes capable of being retrieved by the addressee
at an electronic address designated by the addressee , or (b) the time of
receipt of the electronic communication at another electronic address of the
addressee is the time when both-- (i) the electronic communication has become
capable of being retrieved by the addressee at that address, and (ii) the
addressee has become aware that the electronic communication has been sent to
that address. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), unless otherwise agreed
between the originator and the addressee of the electronic communication , it
is to be assumed that the electronic communication is capable of being
retrieved by the addressee when it reaches the addressee 's electronic address.
(3) Subsection (1) applies even though the place where the information system
supporting an electronic address is located may be different from the place
where the electronic communication is taken to have been received under
section 13B.
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