Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A document may be filed by:
(a) delivering it to the registry; or
(b) sending it to the registry by post; or
(c) fax or electronic communication, as required by this Division.
Note The Regulations provide that a document may not be filed in a registry of the Court unless the fee payable for the filing has been paid. The Regulations also provide for exemption, waiver or deferral of a fee, or payment of the fee on invoice, in certain circumstances.
(1A) However, a document may not be filed by electronic communication if the document (including an attachment) is over 100 pages long.
(2) A document is filed when it is accepted for filing by a Registrar and sealed with the seal of the Court or marked with a Federal Magistrates Court stamp, as required by Division 2.4.
Note For the design, custody and affixation of the seal and validity of stamps: see sections 47 and 48 of the Act.
(3) However, a document sent by fax or electronic communication, if accepted, is taken to have been filed:
(a) if the whole document is received by 4.30 pm on a day the Registry is open for business -- on that day; and
(b) in any other case -- on the next day the Registry is open for business.
Note Because of the Court's computer security firewall, there may be a delay between the time a document is sent by electronic communication and the time the document is received by the Court.