Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 1999 - SCHEDULE 1

Note:   See subsection 11(5).

1   Exempt migration documents

  (1)   Section   11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:

  (a)   the operation of a provision of a migration law that relates to:

  (i)   an application for, or the grant of, a visa; or

  (ii)   the cancellation of a visa; or

  (iii)   the deportation of a person; or

  (b)   the application of a migration law to a non - citizen who:

  (i)   does not hold, or is reasonably suspected of not holding, a visa; or

  (ii)   seeks to enter Australia unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter Australia unlawfully; or

  (iii)   seeks to enter the migration zone unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter the migration zone unlawfully; or

  (c)   the operation of Division   2, 5, 8 or 11 of Part   2 of the Migration Act 1958 ; or

  (d)   the operation of Division   1.4, 1.4A or 1.4B of Part   1 of the Migration Regulations 1994.

  (2)   An expression used in paragraph   ( 1)(a) or (b) and in the Migration Act 1958 has the same meaning in that paragraph as it has in that Act.

  (3)   In this clause:

"migration law" means:

  (a)   the Migration Act 1958 ; or

  (b)   regulations under that Act.

2   Exempt citizenship documents

  (1)   Section   11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:

  (a)   ascertaining whether a person is, or remains, an Australian citizen; or

  (b)   the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:

  (i)   registration; or

  (ii)   an application for, or the giving of, an approval to become an Australian citizen; or

  (iii)   an application for, or the giving of, a notice about evidence of Australian citizenship; or

  (iv)   the cancellation or surrender of a notice about evidence of Australian citizenship; or

  (v)   the renunciation of Australian citizenship; or

  (vi)   the revocation of Australian citizenship; or

  (c)   the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:

  (i)   the keeping of a register; or

  (ii)   the correction of an entry in a register; or

  (iii)   the cancellation of an entry in a register.

  (2)   In this clause:

"citizenship law" means:

  (a)   the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 ; or

  (b)   regulations under that Act.

3   Schedule does not limit section   13

    This Schedule does not, by implication, limit section   13 (which deals with exemptions from Division   2 of Part   2).

Notes to the Electronic Transactions Act 1999

Note 1

The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No.   162, 1999 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table   A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Electronic Transactions Act 1999	162, 1999	10 Dec 1999	15   March 2000 ( see Gazette 1999, No. GN10)
Statute Law Revision Act 2005	100, 2005	6   July 2005	Schedule   1 (item   13) : (a)	--
Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007	21, 2007	15 Mar 2007	Schedule s 1 - 3: 1   July 2007 ( see s.   2(1) and F2007L01653) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 3 (items 14, 20)
Electronic Transactions Amendment Act 2011	33 , 2011	25 May 2011	Schedule   1: 22   June 2011 Remainder: Royal Assent	--

(a)   Subsection 2(1) (item   9) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2005 provide s as follows:

  (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
9.   Schedule   1, item   13	Immediately after the commencement of paragraph 11(6)(a) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 .	15   March 2000

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted   am. = amended   rep. = repealed   rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S s . 4 , 5 .................	am. No.   33, 2011
Ss. 7A, 7B ...............	ad. No.   33, 2011
Part 2
Division 1

S. 8 ....................	am. No.   33, 2011
Division 2

Note to s. 9 ...............	rep. No.   33, 2011
S. 10 ...................	am. No.   33, 2011
Note to s. 10 ..............	rep. No.   33, 2011
S. 11 ...................	am. No.   100, 2005
Note to s. 11 ..............	rep. No.   33, 2011
Note to s. 12 ..............	rep. No.   33, 2011
S. 13 ...................	rep. No.   33, 2011
Division 3
S. 14 ...................	rs. No.   33, 2011
Ss. 14A, 14B .............	ad. No.   33, 2011
S. 15 ...................	am. No.   33, 2011
Part 2 A
Part 2A .................	ad. No.   33, 2011
Ss. 15A- 15F .............	ad. No.   33, 2011
Part 3
S. 17 ...................	ad. No.   33, 2011
Schedule 1
C. 2 ..................	rs. No. 21, 2007

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007
(No.   21 , 200 7 )

Schedule   3

14   Definition

In this Part:

commencement day means the day on which sections   2A to 54 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 commence.

20   Application-- Electronic Transactions Act 1999

The amendment made by item   27 of Schedule   1 applies in relation to documents required or permitted to be produced on or after the commencement day.