Bill 96 explained in plain English
Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 96 amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000, by removing an exemption for land-related documents requiring registration, making them subject to electronic signature reliability rules.
This bill amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000. It removes an exemption for certain documents, such as agreements of purchase and sale for land, that need to be registered to be effective against third parties. These documents will now be subject to the rules in the Act regarding the reliability of electronic signatures. The bill also repeals a specific paragraph and subsection from the Act. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 to make documents related to land, which require registration to be effective against third parties, subject to rules about the reliability of electronic signatures.
- Removes an exemption for certain documents, such as agreements of purchase and sale for land, from the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- Repeals paragraph 4 of subsection 31 (1) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- Repeals subsection 31 (2) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- Individuals and entities involved in creating or transferring interests in land through documents such as agreements of purchase and sale.
- Parties to electronic transactions involving documents that create or transfer interests in land.
- Documents creating or transferring interests in land, requiring registration to be effective against third parties, are now subject to the reliability requirements for electronic signatures under the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'registration' for documents affecting land.
- The bill does not detail the specific requirements for the reliability of electronic signatures mentioned in subsection 11 (3) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000, beyond stating that certain documents are now subject to it.
Makes documents creating or transferring interests in land, which require registration to be effective against third parties, subject to the rules in subsection 11 (3) concerning the reliability of electronic signatures.
Source: Section 1(1) and 1(2)
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