Industrial Relations (Tribunals) Rules 2011
sec.13General requirements for documents for filing
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sec.13 General requirements for documents for filing
Unless these rules provide otherwise, a document for filing must— be on A4 (210mm x 297mm) paper; and be on 1 side of the page only; and if typewritten— be in Times New Roman font; and be in 11 point font size; and have only fully justified text; and if not typewritten—be printed in upper case letters; and be clearly legible; and be well spaced and divided into convenient paragraphs; and have paragraphs numbered on the inner edge of the margin for each new topic; and have a 2cm margin on each side; and be numbered consecutively on each page; and not contain a logo or other embellishment; and state a short description of the nature of the document; and if the party or person ordered or permitted to appear or to be represented in the proceeding is represented by an agent—be accompanied by a notice of appointment of agent under rule 125 ; and contain the information, including the applicant’s address for service, required under rule 12 . However, if the address for service is changed under these rules, a document filed after the change must state the new address for service instead of the original address. If an imaged document is to be electronically filed— the paper form of the document from which the imaged document is created must comply with subrule (1) ; and the imaged document must be formatted in a way that would result in the document complying with subrule (1) if a paper copy were made of the imaged document. If a document, other than an imaged document, is to be electronically filed, the document must be formatted in a way that would result in the document complying with subrule (1) if a paper copy were made of the document. In this rule— imaged document means a document in electronic form created by scanning or otherwise imaging the document in its paper form. r 13 amd 2021 SL No. 10 s 7 (sec.13-ssec.1) Unless these rules provide otherwise, a document for filing must— be on A4 (210mm x 297mm) paper; and be on 1 side of the page only; and if typewritten— be in Times New Roman font; and be in 11 point font size; and have only fully justified text; and if not typewritten—be printed in upper case letters; and be clearly legible; and be well spaced and divided into convenient paragraphs; and have paragraphs numbered on the inner edge of the margin for each new topic; and have a 2cm margin on each side; and be numbered consecutively on each page; and not contain a logo or other embellishment; and state a short description of the nature of the document; and if the party or person ordered or permitted to appear or to be represented in the proceeding is represented by an agent—be accompanied by a notice of appointment of agent under rule 125 ; and contain the information, including the applicant’s address for service, required under rule 12 . (sec.13-ssec.2) However, if the address for service is changed under these rules, a document filed after the change must state the new address for service instead of the original address. (sec.13-ssec.3) If an imaged document is to be electronically filed— the paper form of the document from which the imaged document is created must comply with subrule (1) ; and the imaged document must be formatted in a way that would result in the document complying with subrule (1) if a paper copy were made of the imaged document. (sec.13-ssec.4) If a document, other than an imaged document, is to be electronically filed, the document must be formatted in a way that would result in the document complying with subrule (1) if a paper copy were made of the document. (sec.13-ssec.5) In this rule— imaged document means a document in electronic form created by scanning or otherwise imaging the document in its paper form.