Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2003 - SECT 3

3 .         Object

                The object of this Act is to provide a regulatory framework that —

            (a)         recognises the importance of the electronic communication of information to the future economic and social prosperity of Western Australia;

            (b)         facilitates the use of electronic communication as a way of entering into transactions;

            (c)         promotes business and community confidence in the use of electronic communication as a way of entering into transactions; and

            (d)         enables business and the community to use electronic communication in their dealings with government.

        Note:         These objects are achieved by providing —

            (a)         that, subject to certain exceptions, a transaction is not invalid for the purposes of a law of the State because it took place by electronic communication;

            (b)         that things that can or have to be done under a law of the State in relation to any of the following matters can generally be done by electronic communication —

                  (i)         giving information in writing;

                  (ii)         providing a signature;

                  (iii)         producing a document;

                  (iv)         recording information;

                  (v)         retaining a document;

            (c)         for determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of an electronic communication for the purposes of a law of the State; and

            (d)         that the purported originator of an electronic communication is bound by it for the purposes of a law of the State only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.