Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1993 No. 160 FAMILY LAW RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 4

4.1 Add at the end: Filing a document by facsimile transmission

"5. (1) Any document to be filed, except an application referred to in Order
7, Division 2 or a subpoena, may be lodged by fax if:

   (a)  the matter is urgent; and

   (b)  where the party filing the document is not legally represented-the
        party lives more than 20 kilometres from the registry; and

   (c)  where the party filing the document is legally represented-the legal
        representative's principal office is more than 20 kilometres from the
        registry; and

   (d)  it is not practicable to lodge the document in the registry in any
        other way.

"(2) A document to be filed must not be lodged by fax in any other
circumstances without the leave of the court.

"(3) Unless the court otherwise directs, if a document is lodged by fax it
must be accompanied by a letter to the Registrar, signed by the unrepresented
party or the party's legal representative, explaining:

   (a)  the nature and immediacy of the damage or harm that may result if the
        document is not lodged by facsimile; and

   (b)  any other circumstances that justify lodging the document by fax
        instead of lodging it in the registry.

"(4) If a document is lodged by fax, the party filing the document must lodge
the original document in the registry within 7 days after it was sent by
facsimile.

"(5) The cover sheet of the original document must be endorsed to the effect
that the document is the original of a document previously lodged by fax.".