Purposes and constructions

This Act shall be construed consistently with what is commercially reasonable under the circumstances and to give effect to the following purposes to– (a) facilitate electronic transactions; (b) facilitate electronic commerce, to eliminate barriers to electronic commerce resulting from uncertainties over writing and signature requirements, and to promote the development of the legal and business infrastructure necessary to implement secure electronic commerce; (c) facilitate electronic filing of documents with public bodies, and to promote efficient delivery by public bodies of services by means of reliable electronic records; (d) help to establish uniformity of rules, regulations and standards regarding the authentication and integrity of electronic records; and (e) promote public confidence in the integrity and reliability of electronic records and electronic commerce, and to foster the development of electronic commerce and digital government 18 through the use of electronic signatures to lend authenticity and integrity to correspondence in any electronic medium.