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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 259

259 .         Giving documents

        (1)         In this section —

        electronic means includes —

            (a)         an electronic database or document system; and

            (b)         any other means by which a document can be accessed electronically.

        (2)         The local regulations may make provision for or in relation to the following —

            (a)         the giving of a document required or permitted to be given under this Act or the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) (including the giving of the document by electronic means);

            (b)         the time at which the document is taken to have been given;

            (c)         the means of satisfying a requirement under this Act or the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) in relation to a document in writing (for example, a requirement that the original of a document be given or that a document be signed) if the document is given by electronic means.

        (3)         This section applies to a requirement or permission to give a document whether the term “give”, “issue”, “send” or “serve”, or any other similar term, is used.

        (4)         The local regulations made under subsection (2) in relation to a document to which Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 9.5 applies cannot provide for the document to be given using a means provided for in that Part in a manner that is inconsistent with that Part.



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