Electronic Transactions 2010 No. C 2617 1 purpose of which is to enable the document to be sent or received. 2 3 of this section by using the services of any other person, provided that the 4 conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) are met. 5 6 that any Agency or department of the Federal or State Government or any 7 authority or body established by or under any law shall accept, issue, create, 8 retain and preserve any document only in an electronic form or effect any 9 monetary transaction by means of a document. (3) A person may satisfy the requirement referred to in subsection (1) (4) Nothing in this Act, shall confer a right upon any person to insist 10 Part III — Electronic Signature 11 11.—(l) Where the signature of a person is required, that requirement 12 is met in relation to an electronic communication if: 13 (a) any method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person’s approval of the information communicated; 14 15 (b) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the method 16 was used, the method was as reliable as was appropriate for the purposes 17 for which the information was communicated; and 18 (c) the person to whom the signature is required to be given consents to 19 that requirement being met by way of the use of the method mentioned 20 in paragraph (a). 21 22 provision for or in relation to requiring: 23 (a) an electronic communication to contain an electronic signature however described; 24 25 (2) This section does not affect the operation of any other law that makes (b) an electronic communication to contain a unique identification in an electronic form; and 26 27 (c) a particular method to be used in relation to an electronic 28 communication to identify the originator of the communication and to 29 indicate the originator’s approval of the information communicated. 30 (3) This section shall apply to the execution and the use of the electronic 31 signature in closed systems, unless the users of a closed system specify otherwise. signature.