Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 37

  (1)   All writs, commissions and process issued from the Court shall be:

  (a)   under the seal of the Court; and

  (b)   signed (including by way of electronic signature) by the Chief Executive Officer, a District Registrar or an officer acting with the authority of the Chief Executive Officer or a District Registrar.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(b), a document is taken to be signed by the Chief Executive Officer if the electronic signature of the Chief Executive Officer is applied to the document by an officer acting with the authority of the Chief Executive Officer.

  (3)   In this section:

"electronic signature" of a person means the person's unique identification in an electronic form that is approved by the Chief Executive Officer.