New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Person who authorises sending of electronic messages

• (1) For the purposes of sections 6, 10, and 11, if person A sends an electronic message on behalf of person B, then—

  • (a) person B is taken to authorise the sending of that message; and

  • (b) person A is taken not to authorise the sending of that message.

  (2) However, person A only sends an electronic message on behalf of person B if person A has the authority to do so.

  Compare: Spam Act 2003 s 8 (Aust)