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YEAR 2000 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT 1999 - SECT 12

12—Presumption against amendment of contracts

        (1)         The making of a Year 2000 disclosure statement is taken not to amend, alter or vary a contract unless—

            (a)         both—

                  (i)         the parties to the contract have expressly agreed to the amendment, alteration or variation; and

                  (ii)         that agreement satisfies one of the conditions set out in subsection (2); or

            (b)         the contract expressly provides for the amendment, alteration or variation by way of the making of a Year 2000 disclosure statement.

        (2)         The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) are as follows:

            (a)         the agreement is made in writing;

            (b)         the agreement is embodied in a data storage device and is capable of being reproduced in writing from that device (with or without the aid of any other article or device);

            (c)         the agreement is made by way of one or more electronic communications of writing.

        (3)         No action under this section can affect the operation of a condition or warranty that is taken to form part of a contract by virtue of the provisions of another Act.



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