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Clause 1 provides the short title of the legislation. Clause 2 amends the principal Law to change references to the \u201cGovernor\u201d (Governor in Cabinet) to the \u201cCabinet\u201d. Clause 3 amends the principal Law to provide for the service of documents, information, particulars and other records by electronic means. Clause 4 amends the principal Law by inserting a new section 87 which gives the Cabinet the power, by Order published in the Gazette or any other official means of Government communication, to grant an extension of the period for compliance with, or an exemption from, any provision of this Law or Regulations made under this Law if at any time there has been an earthquake, or there has been or there is an immediate threat of a hurricane, flood, fire, outbreak of pestilence, outbreak of infectious disease or other calamity, whether similar to the aforementioned or not. Clause 4 also gives the Cabinet the power by Order to \u2014 (a) give the Director the power to issue temporary certificates relating to the extension or exemption; and (b) impose conditions and establish procedures for the grant of the extension or exemption. An Order made under clause 4 may  make different provisions in relation to different cases or circumstances; apply in respect of particular persons or particular cases or particular classes of persons or particular classes of cases, and define a class by reference to any circumstances; and contain such savings, transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Cabinet to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order. An Order made under clause 4 may be given retrospective effect. 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The principal Law is amended in section 84 by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections \u2014 \u201c(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (3), any document, information, particulars or other record required to be served, sent, delivered or submitted to a person under this Law may be sent to that person \u2014 (a) by electronic means to the e-mail address provided by that person; and (b) in the form of an electronic record. (5) The Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision) shall apply in respect of an electronic record sent under subsection (4)(b). (6) In this section \u2014 \u201celectronic\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision); and \u201celectronic record\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision).\u201d. 4. Insertion of section 87 \u2013 Cabinet\u2019s power to grant extension or exemption 4. 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