New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 3.3

3.3 Registration of users

(1) The registrar of the court may register any person as a user of the ECM system in relation to the court, either generally or for particular proceedings, and may specify the level of access to which the person is entitled, and the conditions of use applicable to the person, as a registered user of the system.

(2) Subject to any order of the court, a person may not be registered as a user of the ECM system for particular proceedings unless the person is:

(a) a party to the proceedings, or

(b) a legal practitioner representing a party to the proceedings, or

(c) a person authorised to use the ECM system in relation to the proceedings by a legal practitioner representing a party to the proceedings, or

(d) a person who, pursuant to rule 4.4 (1) (b) or 4.4 (3), is authorised to sign documents on behalf of a party in proceedings in the Local Court, but only in connection with proceedings and matters in relation to which that paragraph or subrule authorises documents to be so signed.

(3) The senior judicial officer of the court may establish a protocol for the registration of persons as users of the ECM system, either generally or for particular proceedings.

(4) Such a protocol may provide for the automatic registration of particular classes of persons as users of the ECM system, and for the automatic specification of the level of access to which persons of such a class are entitled and the conditions of use applicable to persons of such a class as registered users of the system.

(5) In relation to any proceedings before the court, the level of access to the ECM system to which a registered user is entitled, and the conditions of use applicable to a registered user, are subject to any order of the court.