(1) The Treasurer may require or permit an application under this Division to be given, in accordance with specified software requirements and specified authentication requirements:
(a) on a specified kind of data storage device; or
(b) by way of a specified kind of electronic transmission.
(2) If an application is given by way of electronic transmission, the application is taken to be accompanied by a fee if the fee is paid within 7 days after the transmission.
(3) In this section:
"data storage device" means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device.