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communication, video conferencing, tele-conferencing or other electronic means;
(i) provision for notices for a meeting and proxies to be used at a meeting, appointment forms for proxies for a meeting, and circulars and other documents relating to a meeting, to be given or sent by electronic communication or other electronic means;
(j) provision for notices for a meeting to supersede any previous notice that may have been given;
(k) provision for a meeting to be deferred; and
(l) any other measures that the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(3) A meeting convened, held, conducted or deferred in accordance with the alternative arrangements prescribed by an order under subsection (1) is deemed to satisfy the requirements relating to the convening, holding, conduct or deferral of meetings under the relevant written law or legal instrument in respect of which the alternative arrangements were prescribed, despite anything to the contrary in any law or legal instrument.

(4) Any notice, form, circular or other document given or sent in accordance with the alternative arrangements prescribed by an order under subsection (1) is deemed to satisfy the requirements relating to the notice, form, circular or other document under the relevant written law or legal instrument in respect of which the alternative arrangements were prescribed, despite anything to the contrary in any law or legal instrument.

(5) An order under subsection (1)—

(a) must identify the control measure in respect of which the order is made;
(b) must be published in the Gazette;
(c) may apply retrospectively to a date not earlier than the date that the control measure in respect of which the order was made came into force; and