•   For the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, a transaction is not invalid because it took place by means of one or more electronic communications.

•   The following requirements imposed under a law of the Commonwealth can be met in electronic form:

  (a)   a requirement to give information in writing;

  (b)   a requirement to provide a signature;

  (c)   a requirement to produce a document;

  (d)   a requirement to record information;

  (e)   a requirement to retain a document.

•   For the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, provision is made for determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of an electronic communication.

•   The purported originator of an electronic communication is bound by it for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.

•   Part   2A contains provisions applying to contracts involving electronic communications, including provisions (relating to the internet in particular) for the following:

  (a)   an unaddressed proposal to form a contract is to be regarded as an invitation to make offers, rather than as an offer that if accepted would result in a contract;

  (b)   a contract formed automatically is not invalid, void or unenforceable because there was no human review or intervention;

  (c)   a portion of an electronic communication containing an input error can be withdrawn in certain circumstances;

  (d)   the application of certain provisions of Part   2 to the extent they do not apply of their own force.