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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Electronic transactions - Improving certainty in relation to electronic information and electronic communications - Default rules about dispatch and receipt of electronic communications

214: Time of receipt

You could also call this:

“When a digital message counts as being received”

When you receive an electronic message, there are two ways to determine when it’s considered received. If you have set up a special system to receive electronic messages, the message is considered received as soon as it enters that system. If you haven’t set up a special system, the message is considered received when you become aware of it or notice it. This rule helps to make it clear when a message has been officially received, which can be important in legal situations.

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Part 4 Electronic transactions
Improving certainty in relation to electronic information and electronic communications: Default rules about dispatch and receipt of electronic communications

214Time of receipt

  1. An electronic communication is taken to be received,—

  2. in the case of an addressee who has designated an information system for the purpose of receiving electronic communications, at the time the electronic communication enters that information system; or
    1. in any other case, at the time the electronic communication comes to the attention of the addressee.

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