Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Regulations 1994
11AGiving documents to Registry by means of ECMS
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11A. Giving documents to Registry by means of ECMS
(1) Subject to and in accordance with regulations 3AAA(2) and 3AAB, a prosecuting authority may give a document to the Registry or the Registrar by providing, through an officer of the authority who is an approved user, the information required for the completion of the document by means of the ECMS.
(2) A document given electronically under this regulation that is required to be signed by an officer of the authority giving it is authenticated for the purposes of the Courts and Tribunals (Electronic Processes Facilitation) Act 2013 section 10 if —
(a) the ECMS records the identity of the person giving the document; and
(b) the name of the person giving the document is stated in the electronic version of the document at any place where the person’s signature is required.
(3) A document given under this regulation is to be taken to have been given at the time and on the day the document is received, regardless of whether the Registry is open for business at that time or on that day.
(4) If a document sent electronically to the Registry by means of the ECMS is not sent in accordance with the requirements of the ECMS and this regulation the document is to be taken not to have been given.
[Regulation 11A inserted: Gazette 13 Nov 2015 p. 4657; amended Gazette 31 Dec 2019 p. 4672; SL 2020/167 r. 18.]