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ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 - SECT 4 Simplified outline

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 - SECT 4

Simplified outline

4 Simplified outline

(1) The following is a simplified outline of this Act—
(a) a transaction is not invalid under a State law merely because it took place by 1 or more electronic communications;
(b) the following requirements imposed under a State law 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 keep a document;
(c) for a State law, 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 under a State law only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the purported originator’s authority.
(2) Chapter 2 , part 4 contains provisions applying to contracts involving electronic communications, including provisions (relating to the internet in particular) for the following—
(a) an unaddressed proposal to form a contract is to be regarded as an invitation to make offers, rather than as an offer that if accepted would result in a contract;
(b) a contract formed automatically is not invalid, void or unenforceable because there was no human review or intervention;
(c) a portion of an electronic communication containing an input error can be withdrawn in certain circumstances;
(d) the application of certain provisions of chapter 2 , parts 1 to 3 to contracts involving electronic communications to the extent they do not apply of their own force.