4Simplified outline

#### 4 Simplified outline The following is a simplified outline of this Act: • 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was no human review or intervention; (c) a portion of an electronic communication containing an input error can be withdrawn in certain circumstances; (d) the application of certain provisions of Part 2 to the extent they do not apply of their own force.