Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If, under a law of
this jurisdiction, the signature of a person is required, that requirement is
taken to have been met in relation to an electronic communication
if —
(a) a
method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person’s
approval of the information communicated;
(b)
having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the method was
used, the method was as reliable as was appropriate for the purposes for which
the information was communicated; and
(c) the
person to whom the signature is required to be given consents to that
requirement being met by the use of the method mentioned in
paragraph (a).
(2) This section does
not affect the operation of any other law of this jurisdiction that makes
provision for or in relation to requiring —
(a) an
electronic communication to contain an electronic signature (however
described);
(b) an
electronic communication to contain a unique identification in an electronic
form; or
(c) a
particular method to be used in relation to an electronic communication to
identify the originator of the communication and to indicate the
originator’s approval of the information communicated.
Note: Section 12
sets out exemptions from this section.