Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Electronic transactions - Improving certainty in relation to electronic information and electronic communications - Default rules about dispatch and receipt of electronic communications

212: When default rules in sections 213 to 216 apply

You could also call this:

“When the rules about electronic messages are used”

The rules in sections 213 to 216 apply to electronic communications unless you and the other person agree to different rules, or unless another law says something different. These rules are about sending and receiving electronic messages. You don’t have to follow these rules if you and the other person decide on your own rules, or if another law tells you to do something else.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM6844455.

Topics:
Business > Fair trading Business > Industry rules Money and consumer rights > Consumer protection
Previous

211: Validity of information, or

"Electronic information is just as legally valid as paper information"

Next

213: Time of dispatch, or

"When an electronic message is considered sent"

Part 4 Electronic transactions
Improving certainty in relation to electronic information and electronic communications: Default rules about dispatch and receipt of electronic communications

212When default rules in sections 213 to 216 apply

  1. Sections 213 to 216 apply to an electronic communication except to the extent that—

  2. the parties to the communication otherwise agree:
    1. an enactment provides otherwise.

      Compare
      OSZAR »