Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

This rule applies to an affidavit that is filed in court by means of the Online Registry’s XML filing facility.

The person filing the affidavit is taken—

to have affirmed to the court that he or she has possession of the original affidavit, and

to have undertaken to the court that, if the court so directs, he or she will file the original affidavit in accordance with the court’s directions.

The original signed copy of the affidavit filed under this rule must be kept until the later of the following—

2 years from after the date that proceedings in which the document was filed are determined by judgment, order or discontinuance, or

if the proceedings in which the document was filed is appealed, 2 years after the date that appeal is determined by judgment, order or discontinuance, or

2 years after the date the document was filed.