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These regulations may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations narrow the Electronic Transactions Act by excluding certain matters from the Act’s electronic-execution and delivery rules. Specifically, they mean wills and codicils, instruments appointing enduring guardians or attorneys, and transactions that must be effected by personal service are not covered by the Act’s electronic provisions. This affects people making or witnessing those instruments, lawyers and guardianship/power-of-attorney processes by preserving pre-existing non-electronic formalities (see regs 4–5).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021.
These regulations may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021 .
These regulations take effect on 20 May 2021.
In these regulations –
Act means the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 ;
enduring guardian has the same meaning as in the Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 .
Section 5(1) of the Act does not apply to –
(a) a transaction by which a will, codicil or any other testamentary instrument is executed or revoked; or
(b) a transaction by which an instrument is created appointing an enduring guardian or appointing an attorney to manage a person’s affairs; or
(c) a transaction required to be effected only by personal service.
Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply to –
(a) a requirement or permission relating to the execution or revocation of a will, codicil or other testamentary instrument; or
(b) a requirement or permission relating to enduring guardians or powers of attorney; or
(c) a requirement that information or a document be delivered only by personal service.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 19 May 2021
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021 .
These regulations take effect on 20 May 2021.
In these regulations –
Act means the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 ;
enduring guardian has the same meaning as in the Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 .
Section 5(1) of the Act does not apply to –
(a) a transaction by which a will, codicil or any other testamentary instrument is executed or revoked; or
(b) a transaction by which an instrument is created appointing an enduring guardian or appointing an attorney to manage a person’s affairs; or
(c) a transaction required to be effected only by personal service.
Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply to –
(a) a requirement or permission relating to the execution or revocation of a will, codicil or other testamentary instrument; or
(b) a requirement or permission relating to enduring guardians or powers of attorney; or
(c) a requirement that information or a document be delivered only by personal service.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 19 May 2021
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.