(3) A reference to writing or signature does not in itself constitute a prohibition for the purpose of subsection (1) or a legal requirement for the purpose of subsection (2). THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of [] the Government of Belize. Consent. 17. (1) Nothing in this Act requires a person to use, provide or accept information in electronic form without consent, but a person’s consent to do so may be inferred from the person’s conduct. (2) (3) Despite subsection (1), the consent of a public body to accept information in electronic form may not be inferred from its conduct but must be expressed by communication accessible to the public or to those most likely to communicate with it for particular purposes. Nothing in this Act authorizes a public body to require any person to use, provide or accept information in electronic form without consent. Contracts. 18. (1) Unless the parties agree otherwise, an offer, the acceptance of an offer or any other matter that is material to the formation or operation of a contract may be expressed: (a) (b) by means of information in electronic form; or by an act that is intended to result in electronic communication, such as touching or clicking on an appropriate icon or other place on a computer screen, or by speaking. (2) A contract is not invalid or unenforceable by reason only of being in electronic form. Automatic 19. A contract may be formed by the interaction of computer programs contracts. or other electronic means used to initiate an act or to respond to electronic information, in whole or in part, without review by an individual at the time of the response or act. THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of [] the Government of Belize. 20. (1) An electronic transaction between an individual and another person’s automated source of information has no legal effect if : (a) (b) the individual makes a material error in electronic information or an electronic document used in the transaction;