Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:71
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
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Provision Reference: s 71
Character Range: 81775–82514

71  Exception: electronic communications
  The hearsay rule does not apply to a representation contained in a document recording an electronic communication so far as the representation is a representation as to:
 (a) the identity of the person from whom or on whose behalf the communication was sent; or
 (b) the date on which or the time at which the communication was sent; or
 (c) the destination of the communication or the identity of the person to whom the communication was addressed.
Note 1: Division 3 of Part 4.3 contains presumptions about electronic communications.
Note 2: Section 182 gives this section a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.
Note 3: Electronic communication is defined in the Dictionary.