Electronic
Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2019
Made 8th
October 2019
Coming into
force 9th
October 2019
THE STATES make these Regulations under Article 2 of the Electronic
Communications (Jersey) Law 2000[1] –
1 Amendment
of Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000
The Electronic Communications (Jersey)
Law 2000[2] is amended in accordance with these Regulations.
2 Article 11 (giving information in
writing) amended
In Article 11 –
(a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a) there
is inserted “and”;
(b) for paragraph (1)(b) there is
substituted –
“(b) in the case of information that is required
or permitted to be given to a States entity or to a person acting on behalf of
a States entity, only if –
(i) the entity consents to the information
being given by way of an electronic communication, and
(ii) any information technology requirements
specified by the entity in relation to the giving of the information are met.”;
(c) paragraph (1)(c) is deleted;
(d) in paragraph (3) after “purposes”
there is inserted “of”.
3 Article 12 (requirement for
signature) amended
In Article 12 –
(a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a) there
is inserted “and”;
(b) paragraphs (1)(b) and (d) are deleted;
(c) for paragraph (1)(c) there is
substituted –
(i) the entity consents to the signature being
provided by way of an electronic communication, and
(ii) any information technology requirements
specified by the entity in relation to the provision of the signature are
met.”;
(d) after paragraph (2) there is
inserted –
“(3) A signature, seal, attestation or
notarisation is not to be denied legal effect, validity or enforceability only
because it is in electronic form.”.
4 Article 13 (producing a document)
amended
In Article 13(1) –
(a) at the end of paragraph (b) there is
inserted “and”;
(b) for paragraph (c) there is
substituted –
“(c) in the case of a document that is required
or permitted to be produced to a States entity or to a person acting on behalf
of a States entity, only if –
(i) the entity consents to the document being
produced by way of an electronic communication, and
(ii) any information technology requirements
specified by the entity in relation to the production of the document are
met.”;
(c) paragraph (d) is deleted.
5 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic
Communications (Amendment of Law) (Jersey) Regulations 2019 and come into
force on the day after they are made.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier
of the States