103Application of Act to electronic plans and documents

103 Application of Act to electronic plans and documents

103 Application of Act to electronic plans and documents

(1) This section applies to—

(a) plans lodged for the purposes of this Act, and

(b) other documents—

(i) required by or under this or any other Act to be lodged with or to accompany the plans, or

(ii) of a class prescribed by the regulations made under this Act as documents that may be lodged in electronic form.

(2) A required endorsement for a plan lodged electronically is to be included on an approved form lodged with the plan.

(3) A document required to be lodged with a plan must be lodged electronically if the plan is lodged electronically unless the document is exempted by—

(a) the regulations, or

(b) the Registrar-General.

(4) This Act applies to plans and documents lodged electronically—

(a) in the same way as it applies to other plans and documents, and

(b) subject to any modifications prescribed by this Act or the Conveyancing Act 1919 or the regulations under either of those Acts.

(5) A reference in this Act—

(a) to a plan or document includes a reference to an electronic data file containing a plan or document in an electronic form, and

(b) to the lodging of a plan or document includes a reference to the electronic lodging of a plan or document in an electronic form approved by the Registrar-General, and

(c) to a sheet of a plan or document in electronic form, is a reference to a sheet on which the whole or part of the plan or document would be reproduced if the plan or document were converted to hard copy form without re-pagination.

(6) In this section—

required endorsement means any of the following required to authenticate, or to authorise, the registration or recording of a plan—

(a) a signature,