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UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 4.4
Signing documents
(cf SCR Part 65, rule 8, Part 66, rule 9; DCR Part 47, rule 5; LCR Part 36,
rule 6)
(1) If, in any proceedings, a document is required to be signed by a
party-- (a) in the case of a party who is represented by a solicitor, the
document may not be signed by the party but must instead be signed-- (i) by
the party's solicitor, or
(ii) by a solicitor acting as agent for the party's
solicitor, or
(iii) by some other solicitor belonging to or employed by the
same firm or organisation as the party's solicitor or party's solicitor's
agent, and
(b) in the case of a party who is not represented by a solicitor,
the document may be signed by the party and may also be signed by any other
person who is authorised by these rules to commence proceedings on the party's
behalf.
(2) Subrule (1) is subject to the requirements of rule 35.3.
(3)
Despite subrule (1), a document prepared on behalf of a party in proceedings
in the Local Court may instead be signed-- (a) by a commercial agent with
respect to debt collection (within the meaning of the Commercial Agents and
Private Inquiry Agents Act 2004 ), in relation only to proceedings on an
application for-- (i) an instalment order, or
(ii) an order for examination,
or
(iii) a writ of execution, or
(iv) a garnishee order, or
(b) by a person
holding a licence as a real estate agent, strata managing agent or on-site
residential property manager within the meaning of the Property, Stock and
Business Agents Act 2002 in relation only to-- (i) proceedings on an
application referred to in paragraph (a), or
(ii) the filing of a certificate
under section 51 of the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 .
(4)
Despite subrule (1), a document setting out proposed consent orders between
the parties to the relevant proceedings may instead be signed on behalf of a
party by the party's barrister.
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