(1) For the purposes
of enabling the service of documents by email, a party may, in addition to
providing an address for service in accordance with regulation 52,
provide an email address operating at that address.
(2) For the purposes
of enabling the service of documents by fax, a party may, in addition to
providing an address for service in accordance with regulation 52,
provide a fax number operating at that address.
(3) If a
representative of a party practises in a business with one or more other
representatives or people —
(a) any
email address provided by the representative under subregulation (1) must
be the email address of the business and not that of the representative
personally; and
(b) any
fax number provided by the representative of the party under
subregulation (2) must be the fax number of the business and not that of
the representative personally.
(4) A party which
under this regulation provides an email address or a fax number is to be taken
to have consented to being served with documents by email at that email
address or by fax at that fax number.
(5) If a party’s
email or fax address for service changes after the email or fax lodgment of
documents in relation to a case, the party must by email or fax respectively
lodge and serve a notice of change of address as soon as practicable after the
address changes.
(6) The notice of
change of email or fax address must be in the approved form.