No.8
DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT
"access", means gaining entry into, instructing or communicating
with the logical, arithmetical or memory function resources
of the electronic registry;
"affixing a digital signature", in relation to an electronic record or
communication, means authenticating the electronic record
or communication by means of a digital signature;
"computer" means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high
speed data processing device or system which performs
logical, arithmetic and memory functions by manipulation
of electronic, magnetic or optical impulses, and includes
all input, output, processing, storage, computer software or
communication facilities which are connected or related to
the computer in a computer system or a computer network;
"computer network" means the interconnection of one or more
computers through(a)
the use of satellite, microwave, terrestrial line or other
communication media; and
(b)
terminals or a complex consisting of two or more
interconnected computers whether or not the
interconnection is continuously maintained;
"computer system", means a device or collection of devices,
including input and output devices capable of being used
with external files, which contain computer programmes,
electronic instructions, and input and output data, and
that performs logic, arithmetic, data storage and retrieval,
communication control and other functions;
"conveyancing work or notarial practice" means the preparation
by a legal practitioner of any document for registration in a
Deeds Registry or for attestation or execution by a Registrar;
"digital signature" means an electronic signature created by
computer that is intended by the registered user using it and
by the Registrar accepting it to have the same effect as a
manual signature,and which complies with the requirements
for acceptance as a digital signature specified in section
94(1);
"electronic data" means any information, knowledge, fact,
concept or instruction stored internally in the memory of the
computer or represented in any form (including computer
printouts, magnetic optical storage media, punched cards
or punched tapes) that is being or has been prepared in a
formalised manner and is intended to be or is being or has
been processed in a computer system or network;
"electronic registry" means the computer system or computer
network that constitutes the electronic version of the Deeds
Registry;
"electronic record or communication" means electronic data
that is recorded, received or sent in an electronic form or
in microfilm or computer-generated microfiche;
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