South Australian Consolidated Acts

YEAR 2000 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT 1999 - SECT 6

6—Original Year 2000 disclosure statements

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, an "original Year 2000 disclosure statement is a statement that—

            (a)         relates solely to any or all of the following:

                  (i)         Year 2000 processing;

                  (ii)         the detection of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

                  (iii)         the prevention of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

                  (iv)         the remediation of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

                  (v)         the consequences or implications, for the supply of goods or services, of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

                  (vi)         contingency planning, risk management, remediation efforts or other arrangements for dealing with consequences or implications referred to in subparagraph (v);

                  (vii)         the consequences or implications, for the activities or capabilities of a person, of problems relating to Year 2000 processing;

                  (viii)         contingency planning, risk management, remediation efforts or other arrangements for dealing with consequences or implications referred to in subparagraph (vii); and

            (b)         includes words to the effect that the statement is a Year 2000 disclosure statement for the purposes of this Act or a corresponding law; and

            (c)         includes words to the effect that a person may be protected by this Act or a corresponding law from liability for the statement in certain circumstances; and

            (d)         is made after the commencement of this section and before 1 July 2001; and

            (e)         identifies the person who authorised the statement; and

            (f)         satisfies one of the following conditions:

                  (i)         the statement is made in writing;

                  (ii)         the statement is made 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);

                  (iii)         the statement is made by way of an electronic communication of writing.

        (2)         The subparagraphs of subsection (1)(a) do not limit each other.

        (3)         A statement is taken to comply with subsection (1)(b) and (c) if the statement includes the following words:

This statement is a Year 2000 disclosure statement for the purposes of the Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999 . A person may be protected by that Act from liability for this statement in certain circumstances.