New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the use of electronic technology by—
(a) reducing uncertainty regarding—
(i) the legal effect of information that is in electronic form or that is communicated by electronic means; and
(ii) the time and place of dispatch and receipt of electronic communications; and
(b) providing that certain paper-based legal requirements may be met by using electronic technology that is functionally equivalent to those legal requirements.