Time of dispatch and receipt of data messages
29. (1) Subject to subsection (2), for all purposes in law it is deemed that a data
message has been dispatched at the time when it enters an information system outside
the control of the originator or of the person that sent the data message on behalf of the
originator.
(2) If the originator and the addressee are in the same information system, it is
deemed for all purposes in law that the data message has been dispatched at the time when
it is capable of being retrieved by the addressee.
(3) For all purposes in law, a data message sent to an electronic address designated
by the addressee is deemed to have been received at the time when it becomes capable of
being retrieved by the addressee at that electronic address.
(4) For all purposes in law, a data message sent to an electronic address different
from the electronic address referred to in subsection (3) is deemed to have been received at
that address at the time when it becomes capable of being retrieved by the addressee at that
address and the addressee has become aware that the electronic communication has been
sent to that address.
Place of dispatch and receipt of data messages
30. (1) For all purposes in law it is deemed that a data message have been dispatched
at the place of business of the originator, and is deemed to have been received at the place
of business of the addressee.
(2) For the purposes of this section a place of business is any place where a person
maintains a non-transitory establishment to pursue an economic activity other than the
temporary provision of goods or services out of a specific location.
(3) If a person has more than one place of business, the place of business contemplated
in subsection (2) is –
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