Supreme Court Rules 2000
87BApproved formats, email addresses and cover letters
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87B Approved formats, email addresses and cover letters
[Rule 87B of Part 7 Inserted by S.R. 2013, No. 70, Applied:25 Sep 2013]
(1) A document that is emailed to a registry for filing is to –
(a) be in a format approved by the Principal Registrar; and
(b) be sent to the email address approved by the Principal Registrar; and
(c) be capable of being printed in its entirety and in the form in which it was created; and
(d) include, in the footer required under rule 79 , an email address for service; and
(e) be accompanied by a cover sheet.
(2) For the purposes of subrule (1)(e) , the cover sheet to the document is to contain the following information:
(a) the title of the proceeding to which the document relates;
(b) the heading of the proceeding;
(c) the registry in which the proceeding is being, or is to be, conducted;
(d) if a registry has assigned a file number to the proceeding, that file number;
(e) a description of the document;
(f) the date the document is emailed;
(g) the name of the party on whose behalf the document is being lodged;
(h) the email address of the person lodging the document.