Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of a law of this jurisdiction, unless otherwise agreed between the purported
originator and the addressee of an electronic communication, the purported
originator of the electronic communication is bound by that communication only
if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the
authority of the purported originator.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of a law of this
jurisdiction that makes provision for —
(a)
conduct engaged in by a person within the scope of the person’s actual
or apparent authority to be attributed to another person; or
(b) a
person to be bound by conduct engaged in by another person within the scope of
the other person’s actual or apparent authority.
(3) The regulations
may provide that this section does not apply to a specified electronic
communication or specified class of electronic communications.
(4) The regulations
may provide that this section does not apply to a specified law of this
jurisdiction.
(5) Subject to the
regulations, this Act applies, with any necessary modifications, to conduct
referred to in subsection (2).