be affixed to the electronic record and any requirements to be met by the electronic signature as to reliability. (iii) Control processes and procedures as are appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality and auditability of electronic records. (iv) Any other required attributes for electronic records, deemed necessary or reasonable under the circumstances. (v) Any requirements for acknowledgement of receipt by the public body of the electronic records. 3. The aforesaid provisions shall not prejudice any legislation that expressly prohibits the use of electronic means or expressly requires them to be used in specific ways. 4. For the purpose of the preceding Paragraph, a reference to writing or signing does not in itself constitute a prohibition of the use of electronic means. Article 5 Legal Recognition of Electronic Records in Evidence 1. Electronic records have the established legal recognition in evidence specified in the common documents. Information shall not be denied legal effect, validity or enforceability solely on the grounds that it is wholly or partly in the form of an electronic record or not contained in the electronic record purporting to give rise to such legal effect, but is merely referred to in that electronic record. 2. Where a rule of law requires information to be in writing, or provides a legal effect if it is not, that requirement is met by an electronic record provided the information contained therein is accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference whether by transmission, printing or otherwise. 3. Where a rule of law requires a person to provide information in writing to another person, that requirement is met by the provision of that information in an electronic form that is: 4. (i) accessible by the addressee so as to be usable for subsequent reference whether by transmission, printing or otherwise; and (ii) capable of being retained by the addressee. Information in the form of an electronic record shall be presumed to be authentic unless evidence is adduced; 5