New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe following is a simplified outline of this Act:
(a) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, a transaction is not invalid because it took place by means of one or more electronic communications.
(b) The following requirements imposed under a law of this jurisdiction can generally be met in electronic form:(i) a requirement to give information in writing,(ii) a requirement to provide a signature,(iii) a requirement to produce a document,(iv) a requirement to record information,(v) a requirement to retain a document.
(c) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, provision is made for determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of an electronic communication.
(d) The purported originator of an electronic communication is bound by it for the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.