10Electronic lodging of documents

10 Electronic lodging of documents

10 Electronic lodging of documents

(1) In any proceedings in which the ECM system is available for use, a document may be lodged on behalf of a party, by means of the ECM system, by any of the following—

(a) the party,

(b) a person who has been directed to lodge the document by the party.

(2) When lodged by means of the ECM system, a document that is required to be signed by a person is taken—

(a) to have been duly signed, and

(b) to have been duly authenticated for the purposes of clause 5 of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000,

if the person’s name is printed where his or her signature would otherwise appear.

(3) A document that is lodged by means of the ECM system is so lodged as soon as it is received and accepted by a registrar.

(4) A registrar must accept a document that is lodged by means of the ECM system unless the registrar refuses to accept the document in accordance with any directions given under subrule (5).

Note—

See also rule 22.

(5) The President may give directions in relation to the acceptance of documents lodged by means of the ECM system, either generally or for particular proceedings.

(6) Notice, and the date, of the lodging and acceptance of a document is to be given, by means of the ECM system, to the person by whom the document was lodged.