Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to this
rule, a document may be filed by fax.
(2) A person wanting
to file a document at a registry by fax must use the published fax number for
that registry.
(3) A document that,
with any attachments and a cover page, is more than 20 pages long, must not be
filed by fax and any such document received by a registry is to be taken not
to have been filed.
(4) A document that is
sent by fax to a registry must have a cover page stating —
(a) the
sender’s name, postal address, document exchange number (if any),
telephone number and fax number; and
(b) the
number of pages (including the cover page) being sent by fax.
(5) A person that
files a document by fax must —
(a)
endorse the first page of the original document with —
(i)
a statement that the document is the original of a
document sent by fax; and
(ii)
the date and time the document was sent by fax;
and
(b) keep
the endorsed original document and the fax machine’s report evidencing
the successful transmission of the document; and
(c) if
directed to do so by the Court, produce the items in paragraph (b) to the
Court.
(6) A document filed
by fax at a registry is to be taken to have been filed —
(a) if
the whole document is received before 4.00 p.m. on a day when the registry is
open for business, on that day;
(b)
otherwise, on the next day when the registry is open for business.
(7) A person who files
a document by fax must have the original paper version of the document with
him or her at any conference or hearing in the course of the case concerned.
(8) The Court may at
any time, on the application of a party or on its own initiative, order a
person who has filed a document by fax to file the paper version of the
document.