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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Electronic transactions - Application of legal requirements to electronic transactions - Miscellaneous

237: Legal requirement relating to content of information

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“Rules about what you must say in a message still apply when using electronic communication”

This part of the law says that the rules about electronic communication do not change any legal requirements about what information must be included in a message. If there are already rules about what you need to say in a message, those rules still apply even when you’re using electronic communication. This means that even if you’re sending information electronically, you still need to make sure you include all the required information that the law says you must include.

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Part 4 Electronic transactions
Application of legal requirements to electronic transactions: Miscellaneous

237Legal requirement relating to content of information

  1. This subpart does not affect any legal requirement to the extent that the requirement relates to the content of information.

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