New Zealand Legislation: Acts

21 Legal requirements relating to layout and format of certain information and writing materials

• (1) In order to meet a legal requirement to which any of sections 18 to 20 apply by electronic means, it is not necessary to comply with a paper-based format requirement.

  (2) In this section and section 36(b)(ii), paper-based format requirement means a legal requirement of the following kind that applies to information in paper or other non-electronic form:

  • (a) a legal requirement relating to the format or layout of information:

  • (b) a legal requirement relating to the materials to be used for writing information:

  • (c) any similar legal requirement.