Magistrates Court (General) Rules 2005

Subject to this rule, a document may be lodged by fax.

A person wanting to lodge a document at a registry by fax must use the published fax number for that registry.

A document that, with any attachments and a cover page, is more than 20 pages long, must not be lodged by fax.

A document that is sent by fax to a registry must have a cover page stating —

the sender’s name, postal address, document exchange number (if any), telephone number and fax number; and

the number of pages (including the cover page) being sent by fax.

A person that lodges a document by fax must —

endorse the first page of the original document with —

a statement that the document is the original of a document sent by fax; and

the date and time the document was sent by fax;

keep the endorsed original document and the fax machine’s report evidencing the successful transmission of the document; and

if directed to do so by the Court, produce the items in paragraph (b) to the Court.

A document lodged by fax at a registry is to be taken to have been lodged —

if the whole document is received before 4 pm on a day when the registry is open for business, on that day;

otherwise, on the next day when the registry is open for business.

If a document is sent by fax to a registry but not in accordance with this rule —

the document is to be taken not to have been lodged at the registry; and

a registrar must notify the person who sent it of the fact.