Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Regulations 2001 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) REGULATIONS 2001

As in force at 10 March 2020

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As in force at 10 March 2020

Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) regulations 2001

Regulations under the Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000

1ACitation

These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Regulations 2001.

1Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on the commencement of the Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000.

2Exemptions in relation to wills

• (1)

  Section 7(1) of the Act does not apply to a transaction in the nature of:

  • (a)

    a disposition of property by will; or

  • (b)

    a revocation of a will.

• (2)

  Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply to a requirement or permission under a law of the Territory for a person to:

  • (a)

    give, record or retain information in writing in respect of a will or the revocation of a will;

  • (b)

    produce a document in the nature of a will or revocation of a will; or

  • (c)

    sign a will or revocation of a will.

• (3)

  In this regulation, will has the same meaning as in the Wills Act 2000.

3Exemptions in relation to powers of attorney

• (1)

  Section 7(1) of the Act does not apply to a transaction in the nature of the creation or revocation of a power of attorney.

• (2)

  Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply to a requirement or permission under a law of the Territory for a person to:

  • (a)

    give, record or retain information in writing in respect of the creation or revocation of a power of attorney;

  • (b)

    produce an instrument creating or revoking a power of attorney; or

  • (c)

    sign an instrument creating or revoking a power of attorney.

  4Exemptions in relation to personal service
• (1)

  Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply to a requirement under a law of the Territory for a person to give information, within the meaning of section 8 of the Act, only by personal service of the information.

• (2)

  Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply in relation to a document that is required to be served personally.

5Exemptions in relation to rules of court

• (1)

  Section 8(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Act do not apply to any requirement or permission to give information in accordance with rules of court.

• (2)

  Section 9(1)(c) of the Act does not apply to any requirement to give a signature in accordance with rules of court.

• (3)

  Sections 13 and 13A of the Act do not apply in relation to ordinary service in accordance with rules of court.

• (4)

  In this regulation:

  rules of courtincludes the rules of:

  • (a)

    the Supreme Court, Local Court, NTCAT; and

  • (b)

    the Work Health Court continued under the Work Health Administration Act 2011.

     
  ENDNOTES  
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    KEY

  Key to abbreviations

   

  amd = amended od = order

  app = appendix om = omitted

  bl = by-law pt = Part

  ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

  cl = clause rem = remainder

  div = Division renum = renumbered

  exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

  f = forms s = section

  Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

  hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

  ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

  lt = long title sub = substituted

  nc = not commenced

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    LIST OF LEGISLATION

Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Regulations (SL No. 31, 2001)
Notified	13 June 2001
Commenced	13 June 2001 (r 2, s 2 Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000 (Act No. 71, 2000) and Gaz G23, 13 June 2001, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2001 (Act No. 62, 2001)
Assent date	11 December 2001
Commenced	11 December 2001 (s 2(1) and (4), s 2 Corporations Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001), s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth Act No. 50, 2001) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001)
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (Act No. 1, 2020)
Assent date	9 March 2020
Commenced	10 March 2020 (s 2)

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  GENERAL AMENDMENTS

General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1A, 1 and 2.

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  LIST OF AMENDMENTS

r 1A                   ins Act No. 62, 2001, s 16

r 5                     ins Act No. 1, 2020, s 8