LAND LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO 3 OF 2023) - SECT 10 Section 11 amended (Consent to be written on instrument etc.)

LAND LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO 3 OF 2023) - SECT 10

After section 11(1)

insert

    (2)     If the relevant instrument is an electronic conveyancing document, a person is taken to have complied with subsection (1) if the consent:

    (a)     is in the form of an electronic conveyancing document; and

    (b)     is lodged with the relevant instrument.

    (3)     Subsection (4) applies if the relevant instrument is lodged in an electronic form by an electronic communication under:

    (a)     this Act or another law, other than the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (NT) ; and

    (b)     the Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000 .

    (4)     A person is taken to have complied with subsection (1) if:

    (a)     a method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person's consent; and

    (b)     having regard to all the relevant circumstances when the method was used, the method was as reliable as was appropriate for the purposes for which the consent was communicated; and

    (c)     the Registrar-General consents to the requirement being met by using the method.