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6124 Filing documents electronically
(1) A person may file a document electronically in the court only if the
person is a registered user of the electronic lodgment facility.
(2) If these rules require a document to be signed by the person filing it
and the document is filed electronically in the court, the document is
taken to be signed by the person if the person’s name is written in the
place where the signature is required.
(3) If a law requires an original or certified copy of a document to be
filed, the document may be filed by filing a scanned copy of the
document electronically in the court if the scanned copy is able to be
printed with no loss of information.
(4) A person may file an affidavit electronically in the court—
(a) by filing an electronic version of the affidavit that includes the
signatures on it; or
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(b) by filing—
(i) an electronic version of the affidavit that, in any place
where a signature appears in the original affidavit, states
the name of the person whose signature it is; and
(ii) an undertaking that the person has possession of the
original affidavit signed in accordance with law, and will
retain the affidavit subject to any order of the court.
(5) The address for service stated on a document filed electronically in
the court must include—
(a) if the registered user is a legal practitioner—the registered email
address of the legal practitioner’s office; or
(b) in any other case—the registered user’s registered email
address.
(6) If a fee is determined under the Court Procedures Act 2004,
section 13 for filing the document, the person filing the document
must also ensure the document is accompanied by the fee in a form
satisfactory to the registrar.
(7) The registrar may—
stamp the document by making a mark on the document; or
(8) If the registrar records the filing of the document, the registrar must
return a sealed or stamped copy of the document by advising the
person by email that the document is available on the electronic
lodgment facility in the file for the proceeding.
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