Commonwealth Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FEDERAL COURT RULES - ORDER 1 RULE 5AC

         (1)   The Registrar:

                       (a)    must approve the formats in which electronic versions of documents will be accepted by a Registry; and

                      (b)    may approve at least one email address for any Registry for the purpose of receiving documents by electronic communication.

         (2)   A document sent to a Registry by electronic communication must:

                       (a)    be sent:

                                        (i)    by using the Court's Internet home page at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au or the Commonwealth Courts Portal at https://www.comcourts.gov.au ; or

                                       (ii)    to an email address approved for the Registry; and

                      (b)    be in an electronic format approved for the Registry; and

                       (c)    to the extent practicable, be in a form that complies with rule 7; and

                      (d)    be capable of being printed with the content and in the form in which it was created.

         (3)   An affidavit may only be filed by electronic communication by sending an image of the affidavit in accordance with subrule (2).

         (4)   If the document is in an existing proceeding, it must be sent to the Registry which is the proper place for the proceeding:

                       (a)    by using the Court's Internet home page at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au or the Commonwealth Courts Portal at https://www.comcourts.gov.au ; or

                      (b)    by addressing it to an email address approved for that Registry.

         (5)   Subject to subrule (5A), if the document is required to be signed or stamped, and is accepted at the Registry, the Registrar must:

                       (a)    for a document that, under these Rules, must be endorsed with a date for hearing -- insert a notice of filing and hearing in accordance with Form 173 as the first page of the document; and

                      (b)    for any other document -- insert a notice of filing in accordance with Form 174 as the first page of the document; and

                       (c)    make one copy of the document (including the notice mentioned in paragraph        (a) or (b) (whichever is applicable)); and

                      (d)    if the sender requests that the document be held for collection -- hold it for collection for 7 days; and

                       (e)    if the sender does not request the document to be held for collection, or having made a request does not collect the document within 7 days -- return the document by sending it:

                                        (i)    by electronic communication to the email address stated on the cover sheet; or

                                       (ii)    if there is no email address stated, to the postal address stated on the cover sheet.

         (7)   A person who sends a document to a Registry by electronic communication must:

                       (a)    if the document is an image of an affidavit -- produce the original of the affidavit as directed by the Court; or

                      (b)    in any other case -- produce a paper copy of the document as directed by the Court.

         (8)   If the Court directs that an original affidavit or a paper copy of a document be produced, the person who sent the document must:

                       (a)    for an original affidavit -- attach a statement that it is the original of the affidavit sent by electronic communication and the date that the affidavit was sent by electronic communication; or

                      (b)    in any other case -- endorse the first page with a statement that the paper copy is a true copy of the document sent by electronic communication and the date that the document was sent by electronic communication.