Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) A document—
(a) must be on A4 size paper that—
(i) is white; and
(ii) is durable; and
(iii) is free from discolouration or blemishes; and
Note A document in a family violence or personal violence proceeding need not be white (see r 3803 (a)).
(b) may be single-sided (that is, with writing on 1 side of each sheet) or double-sided (that is, with writing on both sides of each sheet), but not partly single-sided and partly double-sided); and
(c) must have all its pages and all attachments securely bound together in a way satisfactory to the registrar; and
(d) must have pages (that is, the sides of the sheets that have writing) that are numbered consecutively after the first page (if any); and
(e) must have clear margins no smaller than 20mm on the top, bottom and right sides; and
(f) must have a clear margin on the left side no smaller than 25mm; and
(g) must be written—
(i) if handwritten—in legible writing; and
(ii) if typewritten—with type no smaller than 1.8mm (10 point); and
(iii) with each line of writing separated from any previous line of writing by a space no smaller than 3mm; and
(iv) in a way that is permanent and can be photocopied to produce a copy satisfactory to the registrar.
(2) Subrule (1) (a) and (b) apply to an annexure or exhibit to a document if the annexure or exhibit is a copy of a document.
(3) Subrule (1) (c) and (d) apply to an annexure to a document as if the annexure formed part of the document.
Example
The pages of a document and its annexure must be numbered consecutively through the document and annexure (after the first page).
(4) Subrule (1) (c) and (d) apply to an exhibit to a document.
(5) A document filed electronically in the court must, as far as practicable, be able to be displayed or printed in a form that allows a printed copy or display of the document to comply with subrule (1).
(6) This rule does not apply to a document to the extent to which the nature of the document makes compliance impracticable.
(7) The registrar may dispense with compliance with any requirement of this rule.