Inclusion of digital material
8 Inclusion of digital material
If any type of information or material is capable of being produced in digital form, a word that describes the information or material in its physical form includes a reference to the information or material in its digital form.
Without limiting subsection (1), a reference to—
audiotape,
photograph,
videotape or other word in the form of a verb describing the capture or recording of images or sounds by an audio recording, cinematographic, photographic or videorecording device includes a reference to the capture or recording of images or sounds by a digital device;
an
audiotape,
photograph,
videotape or other word in the form of a noun describing the item on which images or sounds captured or recorded by an audio recording, cinematographic, photographic or videorecording device are stored or reproduced includes a reference to a digital data storage device;
a
book,
paper,
plan or other word in the form of a noun describing an item on which there is writing includes a reference to a digital data storage device;
a
record includes information stored in a digital form by means of a digital data storage device.
If a person who keeps information in a digital form is required under an Act or a legislative instrument—
to produce the information or a document containing the information to a body or person; or
to make the information or a document containing the information available for inspection by a body or person, then, unless the body or person otherwise authorises—
the requirement obliges the person to produce or make available for inspection, as the case may be, a document that reproduces the information in a form capable of being understood by the body or person; and
the production to the body or person of the document in that form complies with the requirement.
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