sec.553Electronic applications and submissions

### sec.553 Electronic applications and submissions This section applies if— this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address. The application or submission may be made by— giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form. s 553 ins 2000 No. 64 s 46 amd 2025 No. 19 s 10 (sec.553-ssec.1) This section applies if— this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address. (sec.553-ssec.2) The application or submission may be made by— giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form. - (a) this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and - (b) the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address. - (a) giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or - (b) sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form.