The Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor Regulations 2015

PART 4 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Delivery of information

17.—(1) Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow in any particular case, relevant information must be delivered to the Commissioners electronically in accordance with paragraph (2) (an “electronic communication”).

(2) The Commissioners must prescribe the form and method of electronic delivery of relevant information under paragraph (1) (a “prescribed electronic method”).

Validation of an electronic communication

18.—(1) A prescribed electronic method must incorporate an electronic validation process.

(2) Unless the contrary is proved—

(a) the use of a prescribed electronic method will be presumed to have resulted in the making of an electronic communication to the Commissioners only if this has been successfully recorded as such by the relevant electronic validation process;

(b) the time of making of an electronic communication to the Commissioners using a prescribed electronic method will be presumed to be the time recorded as such by the relevant electronic validation process; and

(c) the person making an electronic communication to the Commissioners will be presumed to be the person identified as such by any relevant feature of the prescribed electronic method.

Electronic communication by the Commissioners

19.—(1) Where a person has communicated with the Commissioners by means of a prescribed electronic method in respect of an approval given under section 88C of the Act, the Commissioners may issue an electronic acknowledgement of the communication.

(2) Where a person has—

(a) applied for approval by a prescribed electronic method;

(b) notified the Commissioners by a prescribed electronic method; or

(c) otherwise communicated with the Commissioners by a prescribed electronic method,

the Commissioners may communicate electronically with the person in respect of that application, notification or communication.