Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Any order, determination or other document that the Tribunal, a member of the Tribunal, the principal registrar or a registrar may issue or transmit under this Act or any other Act, statutory rule or other enactment or law may be issued or transmitted by electronic communication.
(2) If any provision of an Act, a statutory rule or other enactment or law in Victoria permits or requires any order, determination or other document to be issued or transmitted by manual means, that requirement is taken to be met if the issuing or transmission occurs by electronic communication.
Example
If an Act or other law requires or permits the Tribunal to sign or seal a document, the Tribunal could use an electronic signature or electronic seal and the requirement is met in the same way as if the document had been signed or sealed by hand.
(3) Nothing in this section—
(a) limits the Tribunal, a member of the Tribunal, the principal registrar or a registrar from issuing or providing any order, determination or other document in paper form; or
(b) affects or limits any practice, procedure or rules that provide for electronic processes in the Tribunal; or
(c) affects or limits the power to make rules; or
(d) limits any other power of the Tribunal, a member of the Tribunal, the principal registrar or a registrar.
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