1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if each person who will be involved in the submission and acceptance of a record agrees to the use of a digital signature, the use of a message which:
(a) Represents the record; and
(b) Is transformed by a digital signature,
Ê constitutes a sufficient signing of the record.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to:
(a) A record that is required to be signed in the presence of a third party; or
(b) A record with respect to which the requirement that the record must be signed is accompanied by an additional qualifying requirement.