New Zealand Legislation: Acts

29 Legal requirement to provide or produce information that is in electronic form

• A legal requirement to provide or produce information that is in electronic form is met by providing or producing the information—

  • (a) in paper or other non-electronic form; but, if the maintenance of the integrity of the information cannot be assured, the person who must provide or produce the information must—

    • (i) notify every person to whom the information is required to be provided or produced of that fact; and

    • (ii) if requested to do so, provide or produce the information in electronic form in accordance with paragraph (b); or

  • (b) in electronic form, whether by means of an electronic communication or otherwise, if—

    • (i) the form and means of the provision or production of the information reliably assures the maintenance of the integrity of the information, given the purpose for which, and the circumstances in which, the information is required to be provided or produced; and

    • (ii) the information is readily accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference; and

    • (iii) the person to whom the information is required to be provided or produced consents to the provision or production of the information in an electronic form and, if applicable, by means of an electronic communication.