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Federal Court Rules 2011
Div 21—Registry
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Division 2.1—Registry
2.01 Use of seal and stamps of Court
2.02 Transfer of proceeding to another place
Division 2.2—Documents
2.11 General provisions about documents
2.12 Compliance with approved forms
2.13 Titles of documents
2.14 Subsequent documents to be endorsed with Court number
2.15 Signature
2.16 Details at foot of each document
Division 2.3—Lodging and filing documents
2.21 How documents may be lodged with the Court
2.22 Faxing a document
2.23 Sending a document by electronic communication
2.24 Documents sent by electronic communication
2.25 When is a document filed
2.26 Refusal to accept document for filing—abuse of process or frivolous or vexatious documents
2.27 When documents will not be accepted in a Registry
2.28 Documents accepted for filing—removal from Court file and storage
2.29 Documents on a Court file—removal, redaction and storage
Division 2.4—Custody and inspection of documents
2.31 Custody of documents
2.32 Inspection of documents
Division 2.5—Administration of money paid into Court and payment out
2.41 Establishment of Litigants’ Fund
2.42 Dealing with money paid into Court
2.43 Payment out of Litigants’ Fund