[Year 12 IT Apps] Emails as a legal document

[ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien]

Hi folks,
            I've been asked to have a look at a friend's email policy - the preamble into it got me a little flustered and I'm just trying to work out the legitimacy of the statement "Email carries the same legal status as a signed letter or memo." I've had a look in the telecommunications act and the postal act but cannot find it. I'm wondering if anyone out there knows if this statement is pure smoke or not.
Thanks
Damien

Damien Atkinson-Buck
Member of Academic Staff (Secondary)
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+61 3 9490 3848

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+61 3 9490 3490


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damien.atkinson-buck at ivanhoe.com.au<mailto:damien.atkinson-buck at ivanhoe.com.au>

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http://myivanhoe.net



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