Electronic 2 4 0 [ N o . 21 o f 2 0 0 9 Use of advanced electronic signature and Communications Transactions 6. (1) Where the signature of a person is required by law and such law does not specify the type of signature, that requirement in relation to a data message shall be met only if an advanced electronic signature is used. (2) Subject to subsection (1), an electronic signature shall not be without legal force and effect merely on the grounds that it is in electronic form. (3) Where an electronic signature is required by the parties to an electronic transaction and the parties have not agreed on the type of electronic signature to be used, that requirement shall be met in relation to a data message if— (a) a method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person's approval of the information communicated; and (b) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the method w a s used, the method w a s as reliable as w a s a p p r o p r i a t e for t h e p u r p o s e s for w h i c h t h e information was communicated. (4) Where an advanced electronic signature has been used, such signature shall be treated as a valid electronic signature and to have been applied properly, unless the contrary is proved. (5) Where an electronic signature is not required by the parties to an electronic transaction, an e x p r e s s i o n o f intent or other statement shall not be without legal force and effect merely on the grounds that— (a) it is in the form of a data message; or (b) it is not evidenced by an electronic signature but is evidenced by other means from which such person's intent or other statement can be inferred. Determination of originality of data message 7. (1) W h e r e a law requires information to be presented or retained in its original form, that requirement shall be met by a data message if— (a) the integrity of the information from the time when it w a s first generated in its final form as a data message, or otherwise, has passed the assessment specified under subsection (2); and (b) that information is capable of being displayed or produced to the person to w h o m it is to be presented. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) o f subsection (1), the integrity of any information shall be a s s e s s e d —