Part 1 — .2
9.91 Electronic documents
(a) "data" means representations of information or concepts, i n
any form;
(b) "deal with" includes creat e, sign, use, collect, receive,
provide, store, transfer, reproduce, distribute, publish,
process, file, access and retain;
(c) "document" means the repres entation of information, data or
a record in any form and includes notes, images, audiovisual
recordings, x-rays, books, maps, drawings, photographs,
letters, vouchers and papers and any other information that
is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner,
but does not include software or any mechanism that
produces records;
(d) repealed 2015 c12 s12;
(e) "electronic document" me ans the representation of
information, data or a record that is created, recorded,
transmitted or stored in digital form or in any other
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intangible form by electronic, magnetic or optical means or
by any other means that have similar capabilities for
creation, recording, transmission or storage, and includes
any display, print-out or other output of the information,
data or record;
(f) "electronic signature" means electronic data that a person
creates or adopts in order to sign an electronic document and
that is in, attached to or associated with the electronic
document;
(g) "enactment" means
(i) an Act of the Legislature of Alberta and a regulation
made under an Act of the Legislature of Alberta, and
(ii) an Act of the Parliament of Canada and a statutory
instrument made under an Act of the Parliament of
Canada.
(2) The Court may, with respect to any matter under its
jurisdiction, deal with electronic documents or data in accordance
with the regulations.
(3) A requirement under an enactment that a document be made in
writing is satisfied by the making of the document in electronic
form if the electronic document meets the requirements provided
for by the regulations.
(4) If an enactment requires that a document be signed, the Court
may accept an electronic signature in an electronic document if the
electronic signature meets the requirements provided for by the
regulations.
(5) The Court may accept an electronic document as an original
document if the electronic document meets the requirements
provided for by the regulations.
(6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the creation, s igning, use, collection, receipt,
provision, storage, transfer, reproduction, distribution,
publication, processing, filing or retention of, or access to,
or other dealing with, electronic documents;
(b) respecting the conversion o f electronic documents into non-
electronic documents and the conversion of non-electronic
documents into electronic documents and respecting dealing
with the converted documents;
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(c) respecting the signing of documents, including, without
limitation, regulations
(i) respecting requirements pertaining to electronic
signatures,
(ii) dispensing with any requirement that a document be
signed, and
(iii) respecting alternatives to electronic signatures;
(d) respecting the documents or classes of documents, includin g
electronic documents, to which this section applies;
(e) respecting the making of informations, affidavits, solemn
declarations, statements under oath or solemn affirmations
in the form of electronic documents;
(f) respecting processes for ensuring or verifying the
authenticity, integrity or security of an electronic document
or the integrity or security of the system that provides the
means for dealing with the electronic document;
(g) defining for the purposes of this section any term or
expression that is used in this section but not defined in this
section;
(h) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council
considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of
this section.
2013 c23 s11;2014 c13 s11;2015 c12 s12