15Form of documents if no approved form

15 Form of documents if no approved form

(1)  If there is no approved form for a document to be used in proceedings, a person or body may use a form of the person’s or body’s own devising, but only if it contains the information required by a registrar.

(2)  The Tribunal or a registrar may, if the Tribunal or registrar considers it appropriate to do so, accept any application or other document for lodgment with the Tribunal even though the document is not in accordance with the approved form or the form required under the relevant Act, as the case may be.

(3)  Before accepting a document under subrule (2) , the Tribunal or a registrar may require the person or body on whose behalf the document is being lodged, to give the Tribunal or registrar the further information as the Tribunal or registrar requires, within the period specified by the Tribunal or registrar.

(4)  A document accepted by the Tribunal or a registrar under subrule (2) is taken to be duly lodged.