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SUPREME COURT (ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE) RULES 2023 (SR NO 125 OF 2023) - REG 1A.04

Powers of Registrar

    (1)     The Registrar may refuse to accept or seal a document submitted in RedCrest-Probate to be filed until satisfied that the document—

        (a)     complies with the Rules; or

        (b)     complies with an order of the Court.

    (2)     The Registrar may reject a document if the Registrar considers that—

        (a)     a document, if it were accepted or sealed, would be substantially irregular or constitute an abuse of process; or

        (b)     there has been a failure to comply with the Rules, an order of the Court or a direction of the Registrar after a reasonable opportunity to do so.

    (3)     If the Registrar

        (a)     refuses to accept or seal a document; or

        (b)     rejects the document—

the Registrar shall send an electronic communication to the authorised person advising—

        (c)     that the document has not been accepted for filing; and

        (d)     the reason it was not accepted for filing.

    (4)     If the Registrar

        (a)     fails to accept or seal a document within a reasonable time; or

        (b)     refuses to accept or seal a document; or

        (c)     rejects a document—

the Court may—

        (d)     direct the Registrar to accept or seal the document with a filing date, being the date the document was first submitted in RedCrest-Probate for filing;

        (e)     direct the Registrar to accept or seal the document with a filing date, being the date the document is so accepted or sealed;

        (f)     make any other order or give any direction that it considers appropriate.

    (5)     The Registrar may—

        (a)     refuse to issue a person with a username and password;

        (b)     cancel a username and password;

        (c)     impose or vary conditions on the use of a username and password.

    (6)     The Court may give any direction to the Registrar that it considers appropriate in relation to any case in which the Registrar exercises a power under paragraph (5).



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