18. (1) Where, in accordance with this Chapter, information contained in a business record in document form is admissible in evidence in civil proceedings, the information may be given in evidence, whether or not the document is still in existence, by producing a copy of the document, or of the material part of it, authenticated in such manner as the court may approve, including as to its reliability.

(2) It is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (1) how many removes there are between the copy and the original, or by what means (which may include transmission by means of electronic communication) the copy produced or any intermediate copy was made.