Canada Cooperatives Regulations (SOR/99-256)

5. A notice or document that is submitted to or issued by the Director in electronic form shall be accompanied by a cover page in the manner fixed by the Director under subsection 368(2) of the Act.

• 6. (1) A notice or document, other than a Director’s certificate, that is required under the Act to be signed, that was produced in paper form and that is submitted to the Director in electronic form shall bear a reproduction of the manual signature.

• (2) A notice or document, other than a Director’s certificate, that is required under the Act to be signed, that was produced in electronic form and that is submitted to the Director in electronic form shall bear

  • (a) the typed name of the person who signed it, if, before it is submitted in electronic form, the notice or document is produced in paper form, is manually signed and is maintained in the records of the cooperative in accordance with section 31 of the Act; or

  • (b) an electronic digital signature or other personal identifier produced in a manner fixed by the Director under subsection 368(2) of the Act.

• (3) On request, an electronic filer or the cooperative shall furnish the Director with any notice or document referred to in paragraph (2)(a).

• (4) A certificate that is issued by the Director under section 365 of the Act in electronic form shall bear

  • (a) a reproduction of the Director’s manual signature; or

  • (b) an electronic signature or other personal identifier produced in the manner fixed by the Director under subsection 368(2) of the Act.

• 7. (1) A notice or document submitted to the Director in electronic form is deemed to have been received on the date and time it is received by the Director at a location or electronic address fixed by the Director under subsection 368(2) of the Act.

• (2) If the local time of the place from which a notice or document is transmitted in electronic form is different from the local time of the place where the notice or document is received by the Director, the date and time of the transmission shall be determined according to the local time of the place where the Director received the transmission.

7.1 For the purpose of section 361.2 of the Act, the prescribed notices, documents or other information are the notices, documents or other information referred to in sections 177 to 185 and 189 to 246 of the Act.

7.2 For the purpose of paragraph 361.3(2)(a) of the Act, the consent shall be in writing.

7.3 For the purpose of paragraph 361.3(2)(b) of the Act, a notice, document or other information that is not required under the Act to be sent to a specific place may be sent as an electronic document to a place other than to an information system designated by the addressee under paragraph 361.3(2)(a) of the Act by posting it on or making it available through a generally accessible electronic source, such as a website, and by providing the addressee with notice in writing of the availability and location of that electronic document.