Bill 28 explained in plain English
Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 28 amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 to make documents affecting land subject to rules on electronic signatures and repeals specific provisions.
This bill amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000. It removes an exemption for documents related to land transactions, such as agreements of purchase and sale, that need to be registered to be effective against third parties. These documents will now be subject to the Act's rules on the reliability of electronic signatures. The bill also repeals certain provisions within the Electronic Commerce Act. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- It amends Section 11 of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000, to make documents that create or transfer interests in land, and require registration to be effective against third parties, subject to subsection 11(3) of the Act. This subsection deals with the reliability of electronic signatures.
- It repeals paragraph 4 of subsection 31(1) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- It repeals subsection 31(2) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- It states that the Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Individuals and entities involved in real estate transactions
- Legal professionals dealing with property law
- Technology providers and users involved in electronic commerce related to land
- Documents creating or transferring interests in land that require registration will now be subject to the reliability requirements for electronic signatures under subsection 11(3) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.
- This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The specific details of what constitutes 'reliability' for electronic signatures under subsection 11(3) are not further defined within this amending bill.
Modifies the existing Act to make documents related to land transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, subject to rules about the reliability of electronic signatures.
Source: Section 1
Adds a reference to a new subsection (3.1), meaning that documents affecting land that require registration to be effective against third parties are now included in the class of documents to which subsection 11(3) applies.
Source: Section 1(1)
Adds a new subsection (3.1) which defines documents creating or transferring interests in land that require registration to be effective against third parties as a class of documents to which subsection 11(3) applies.
Source: Section 1(2)
Removes this specific paragraph from the Act.
Source: Section 2(1)
Removes this specific subsection from the Act.
Source: Section 2(2)
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