Documents filed with court in electronic form

In force

(1)

For the purposes of the Courts and Tribunals (Electronic Processes Facilitation) Act 2013 section 12, a person who is required or authorised under the Act to file a document with the court may file the document in electronic form —

(a)

if the person is an authorised user of the ECMS — by means of the ECMS; or

(b)

by email to an email address provided by the court.

(2)

A document that does not comply with the requirements of the ECMS is taken —

(a)

not to have been filed with the court; and

(b)

not to be part of the court’s record.

(3)

If an authorised user of the ECMS files a document with the court in electronic form by means of the ECMS but does so in error, the court may, with the consent of the authorised user, remove the document from the court’s record.

[Regulation 5D inserted: SL 2021/150 r. 5.]

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5D Documents filed with court in electronic form