Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016

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Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016

Public Act		2016 No 52
Date of assent		17 October 2016
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
2	Commencement
	Preliminary provisions
3	Purpose
4	Interpretation
5	Act binds the Crown
	General provisions
6	Application
7	Permitted documents may be used
8	Consent may be inferred from person’s conduct
9	Presumption of validity
10	Certain documents to be treated as permitted documents
	Manner in which permitted documents meet certain non-electronic requirements
11	Requirement for information to be in writing
12	Requirement for information to be recorded in writing
13	Requirement for information to be given in writing
14	Requirement to provide multiple copies of information
15	Requirement to provide information in certain form
16	Requirement for signatures
17	Requirement for signatures of witnesses
18	Requirement for seals
19	Presumption about reliability of electronic signatures
20	Requirement to retain document or information that is in paper-based form
21	Requirement to retain information that is in electronic form
22	Extra conditions for electronic communications
23	Requirement to provide or produce information that is in paper-based form
24	Requirement to provide or produce information that is in electronic form
25	Requirement to provide access to information that is in paper-based form
26	Requirement to provide access to information that is in electronic form
27	Requirement relating to content of information
28	Copyright in works in permitted documents
	Rules regarding transmission of permitted documents
29	Time of dispatch of permitted documents
30	Time of receipt of permitted documents
31	Place of filing
	Fees and regulations
32	Filing fees payable for permitted documents
33	Regulations
	Consequential amendments and transitional provisions
34	Amendment to Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012
35	Amendment to Electronic Transactions Act 2002
36	Amendment to Resource Management Act 1991
37	Transitional provisions
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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