5.01Electronic communication systems

5.01 Electronic communication systems

(1) For the purposes of section 24A of the Act, information or a document that is to be transmitted electronically from a person to another person for the purposes of a provision of the Act must be transmitted by means of the system known as EXDOC. (2) The following may be given by being transmitted using that system: (a) an application for an export permit; (b) an amendment or withdrawal of such an application; (c) a permit or the revocation of a permit; (d) an application for a government certificate; (e) a government certificate. (3) A reference in paragraph (2)(a) to an application for an export permit includes a notice of intention to export. (4) If that system is inoperative, the information must be given in the manner specified by the Secretary in writing.

Note: A document or information that is transmitted by means of the EXDOC system is taken to have been given—see subsection 24A(6) of the Act.