Giving documents by electronic means
34 Giving documents by electronic means
A notice or other document that is required or permitted to be given to the Chief Data Officer under Part 3 of the Act may be given by —
sending it in an electronic form to an email address of the Chief Data Officer specified on a website maintained by, or on behalf of, the information sharing Department for that purpose; or
lodging it in an electronic form using an online system maintained by, or on behalf of, the information sharing Department for that purpose.
A notice or other document that is required or permitted to be given to a person by the Chief Data Officer under Part 3 of the Act may be given by —
if the person has provided an email address for giving documents — sending it in an electronic form to the email address provided by the person; or
making it available to the person in an electronic form using an online system maintained by, or on behalf of, the information sharing Department for that purpose and notifying the person by email sent to an email address provided by the person that it is available.
An information sharing request may be given to the holding entity by sending it in an electronic form to an email address of the holding entity specified on a website maintained by, or on behalf of, the holding entity for that purpose.
A written notice responding to an information sharing request under section 161 of the Act may, if the requesting entity has provided an email address for giving documents, be given to the requesting entity by sending it in an electronic form to the email address provided by the requesting entity.
The notice or other document is taken to be given —
if given under subregulation (1)(a) — at the time it reaches the email address of the Chief Data Officer; or
if given under subregulation (2)(a) — at the time it reaches the email address provided by the person; or
if given under subregulation (1)(b) or (2)(b) — at the time it is lodged or made available in the online system; or
if given under subregulation (3) — at the time it reaches the email address of the holding entity; or
if given under subregulation (4) — at the time it reaches the email address provided by the requesting entity.
This regulation does not limit the application of the Interpretation Act 1984 sections 75 and 76 to the notice or other document.
[Regulation 34 inserted: SL 2026/132 r. 4.]
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