UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 3.8 Use of Online Registry in business conducted in absence of public

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 3.8

3.8 Use of Online Registry in business conducted in absence of public

(1) Any business that, pursuant to section 71 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 , may be conducted in the absence of the public may be conducted by electronic communication sent and received by means of Online Registry, as provided by clause 9 of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 .

(2) A legal practitioner who is a registered user of Online Registry in relation to proceedings may participate in any such business--

(a) directly (the legal practitioner sends communication in his or her own name), or

(b) indirectly (someone authorised by the legal practitioner sends a communication in the legal practitioner's name).

(3) A legal practitioner who authorises someone else to send a communication referred to in subrule (2)(b), is taken to have affirmed to the court that he or she has actual knowledge of the contents of the communication.