Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Act 2021 (82 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Virtual meetings and electronic communication of documents

Part 1   Main amendments

Corporations Act 2001

3   After subsection 127(2)

Insert:

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the fixing of a common seal to a document is taken to have been witnessed by a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of that subsection if:

(a) the person observes the fixing of the seal by electronic means; and

(b) the person signs the document; and

(c) the document includes a statement that the person observed the fixing of the seal by electronic means.

Note: Subsections (3A) to (3C) set out circumstances in which a person is taken to sign a document by signing a copy or counterpart of the document.