Commentary on sections of the Act Section 2: Definition of "electronic trade document" Integrity of an electronic trade document
Section 2(2) requires that a reliable system is used to ensure that the document in electronic form has certain features or functionality designed to replicate the salient features of a paper trade document. "Reliable" in this context means that an electronic system meets certain standards in the way that it operates.
	Section 2(5) sets out a list of non-exhaustive factors (based loosely on article 12 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records) that a court may take into account when considering whether an electronic trade document system is reliable. In requiring a system to be reliable, and in setting out various factors that may be taken into account when assessing reliability, the Act does not prescribe or endorse any particular type of technology. It simply provides a non-exhaustive list of factors that a court may take into account when assessing the reliability of a particular electronic trade document system.