Electronic Transactions Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 87

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.

Dated 16 June 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

ROBERT McCLELLAND

Attorney-General

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Electronic Transactions Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Amendment Act 2011.

3 Amendment of Electronic Transactions Regulations 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulations 4 to 7

substitute

4 Exemptions from the Act

  For subsection 7A (2) of the Act, a provision of the Act specified in column 3 of an item of Schedule 1 does not apply to the Commonwealth law specified in column 2 of the item.

[2] Schedule 1, heading

substitute

Schedule 1 Laws of the Commonwealth to which certain provisions of the Act do not apply

(regulation 4)

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