(1) If by law or otherwise a person or public body is required (whether the requirement is in the form of an obligation or consequences flow from the information not being presented or retained in its original form) or permitted to present or retain information in its original form, then, subject to subsection (2), the information may be presented or retained, as the case may be, in electronic form, whether as an electronic communication or otherwise.
(2) Information may be presented or retained as provided in subsection (1) only -
(a) if there exists a reliable assurance as to the integrity of the information from the time when it was first generated in its final form, whether as an electronic communication or otherwise,
(b) where it is required or permitted that the information be presented - if the information is capable of being displayed in intelligible form to a person or public body to whom it is to be presented,
(c) if, at the time the information was generated in its final for
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