Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 6466

    (1)     This rule applies if a document (the emailed document ) is served by email under these rules.

    (2)     The emailed document must be capable of being printed by the recipient with the content and in the form in which it was created.

    (3)     The email attaching the emailed document must include the following:

        (a)     the name and phone number of a person to contact if there is a problem with the email;

        (b)     that the emailed document is for service under these rules.

    (4)     If these rules require or allow the emailed document to be signed, it is sufficient compliance if the person who serves the emailed document—

        (a)     identifies himself or herself in the email by stating his or her name and business address; and

        (b)     states in the email that the original of the emailed document was signed and by whom.

Note     These rules is defined in the dictionary.

    (5)     If these rules require or allow service of a sealed or stamped copy of a document, it is sufficient compliance if—

        (a)     if the document was filed electronically in the court—the emailed document is an electronic copy of the document that was marked by the court as electronically sealed or stamped; or

        (b)     in any other case—

              (i)     the emailed document is a copy of a document that was sealed or stamped; and

              (ii)     the person who serves the emailed document states in the email that the original of the emailed document was sealed or stamped.

    (6)     If the emailed document is a copy of an affidavit, the original affidavit is taken to have been sworn if—

        (a)     the original affidavit was properly sworn; and

        (b)     the person who serves the copy of the affidavit states in the email that the original was properly sworn.