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EXPLANATORY NOTES 

Clause 1 of the Bill provides the short title and commencement of the proposed legislation.

Clause 2 of the Bill defines certain words and expressions used in the Bill.

Clause 3 of the Bill states that the Act binds the Crown/State.

Clause 4 of the Bill clearly states that during transactions with public authorities, information can be submitted using electronic forms in the manner specified by the authorities, even if these forms do not resemble the physical prescribed forms required for the transactions.  The provisions are proposed to provide flexibility for public authorities to design electronic forms suited for online transactions, and hence improve the customer’s overall e-Government experience.

For example, public authorities can create integrated electronic forms to facilitate a user’s performance of multiple e-Government transactions from a single point of access. Using the integrated electronic form, the user would need to input his relevant information just once, instead of having to fill in the same information repeatedly in the multiple forms for different e-Government transactions.