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6120 Filing documents—number of copies
(1) When filing a document in the court, a person must file—
(a) the original; and
(b) enough copies for service and proof of service, if service is
required by a territory law or an order of the court.
Note 1 An applicant for a protection order under the Family Violence Act 2016
or Personal Violence Act 2016 need only file 1 copy of the application
for the order (see r 3803 (b)).
(2) Subrule (1) does not apply to a document filed electronically in the
(3) For these rules, original includes a document to which rule 6106 (4)
applies.