New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION RULES 2006 - REG 4.1

4.1 Form of documents

(1) The President may approve forms for use in the Commission, and a reference in these rules to an approved form is a reference to a form approved by the President.

(2) The Registrar may cause the approved forms to be published on the Commission’s website at http://www.wcc.nsw.gov.au.

(3) Every document lodged at or served on the registry must:

(a) be headed so as to identify clearly the proceedings to which the document relates and the nature and purpose of the document, and

(b) be in the approved form and otherwise in substantial compliance with these rules, any Practice Direction, and any direction issued by the Registrar, and

(c) be clearly written, typed or reproduced.

(4) For the purpose of determining whether a document is in the approved form, it is sufficient compliance with any requirement as to the form of a document if the document is substantially in accordance with the requirement or has only such variations as the case requires.

(5) Where no form has been approved under this rule in respect of a document to be lodged, the document is to be drafted to the satisfaction of the Registrar.

(6) The Registrar may refuse to accept, seal, or issue any document that, in the opinion of the Registrar, contravenes this rule.

(7) Without limiting subrule (6), the Registrar may refuse to register an incomplete or otherwise defective document lodged for the commencement of proceedings.

(8) Where the Registrar has refused to register a document as referred to in subrule (7), a new document may be lodged to replace that document.