South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian 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; and
(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; and
(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;
and
(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.