Queensland Numbered Acts

NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2016 - SECT 54

54 Electronic applications

(1) Without limiting the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001 , a person is taken to have complied with the requirements for making an application stated in section (1)(a) and (b) if the person—

(a) gives the information required on the approved form by a method acceptable to the agency; and

(b) gives the agency any information that must, under section (1)(b), be included in or accompany the application within the reasonable period decided by the agency.

(2) If the person’s signature is required on the approved form, the requirement is met if—

(a) a method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person’s approval of the information given under subsection (1); and

(b) having regard to all the relevant circumstances when the method was used, the method was as reliable as was appropriate for the purposes for which the information was communicated; and

(c) the agency consents to the requirement being met by using the method mentioned in paragraph (a).