Mental Capacity Act 2008 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Electronic Transaction System*
10A. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“document” includes a document in electronic form;“malfunction”, in relation to the electronic transaction system, includes any defect or breakdown in that system or in any equipment, software or telecommunication networks used in or in connection with that system;“transaction”, in relation to the Public Guardian, means —
Public Guardian
“Public Guardian” means the Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1) and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes any Assistant Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1A);
the filing or lodging of any document with the Public Guardian, or the submission, production, delivery, furnishing or sending of any document to the Public Guardian, under or for the purposes of this Act;
the making of any application, submission or request to the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act;
the provision of any undertaking or declaration to the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act; and
the extraction, retrieval or accessing of any document, record or information maintained by the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act.
“document” includes a document in electronic form;
“malfunction”, in relation to the electronic transaction system, includes any defect or breakdown in that system or in any equipment, software or telecommunication networks used in or in connection with that system;
“transaction”, in relation to the Public Guardian, means —
the filing or lodging of any document with the Public Guardian, or the submission, production, delivery, furnishing or sending of any document to the Public Guardian, under or for the purposes of this Act;
the making of any application, submission or request to the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act;
the provision of any undertaking or declaration to the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act; and
the extraction, retrieval or accessing of any document, record or information maintained by the Public Guardian under or for the purposes of this Act.