The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 2(1) (amended by section 24 of the Act of 2010) by inserting the following definition:

" ‘electronic’ includes digital, magnetic, optical, electro-magnetic, biometric, photonic and any other form of related technology;",

(b) in section 2 by inserting the following subsection after subsection 7:

"(8) In sections 62, 141 and 274A, ‘electronic communication’ means the communication of information that is generated, transmitted, processed, received, recorded, stored or displayed by electronic means or in electronic form, and includes -

(a) information communicated in the form of speech which is processed at its destination by an automatic voice recognition system,

(b) a communication transmitted by means of the internet or by means of mobile phone telephony, and

(c) the transmission of a signature by electronic means.",

(c) in section 62 by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

"(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(b), for the purposes of that subsection a person may prove unemployment and may make a declaration for that purpose, by means of an electronic communication, in the prescribed manner.",