Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to the
requirements of the Commission’s website and this regulation a party may
lodge a Form electronically by completing the Form on the Commission’s
website at http://www.wairc.wa.gov.au.
(2) A document sent by
email to the office of the Registrar must be sent to an email address which is
approved by the Registrar and published on the Commission’s website and
must —
(a) be
in an electronic format approved by the Chief Commissioner;
(b) be
capable of being printed in the form and with the content visible on screen;
and
(c)
clearly state —
(i)
the sender’s name, postal address and telephone
number;
(ii)
if applicable, the sender’s document exchange
number, fax number and email address; and
(iii)
what the sender requests the Registrar do with the
document.
(3) A document sent by
fax to the office of the Registrar must be sent to the published fax number
which is approved by the Registrar and published on the Commission’s
website and must —
(a) not
be more than 20 pages long;
(b) have
a cover page stating —
(i)
the sender’s name, postal address, document
exchange number (if any), telephone number and fax number; and
(ii)
the number of pages (including the cover page) being sent
by fax;
and
(c) be
endorsed on 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.
(4) A person that
lodges a document by fax must —
(a) keep
the endorsed original document and the fax machine’s report evidencing
the successful transmission of the document; and
(b) if
directed to do so by the Commission, produce the documents referred to in
paragraph (a) to the Commission.
(5) A document lodged
by fax at the office of the Registrar is to be taken to have been
lodged —
(a) if
the whole document is received before close of business on a day when the
office of the Registrar is open for business, on that day; or
(b)
otherwise, on the next day when the office of the Registrar is open for
business.
(6) If a document is
sent by fax or email to the office of the Registrar but not in accordance with
this regulation —
(a) the
document is to be taken not to have been lodged at the office of the
Registrar; and
(b) the
Registrar is to notify the person who sent it that the document has been taken
not to have been lodged.
(7) A document sent
electronically need only comply with regulation 4(4) to the extent
practicable.
(8) If a document is
lodged in accordance with subregulation (2) or (3), the Registrar is
to send an acknowledgment of the filing to the lodging party.
(9) If a document that
is lodged under subregulation (2) and accepted by the Registrar is a
document that is required to be signed or stamped by the Registrar and
returned to the lodging party the Registrar is to —
(a) if
the sender requests that the document be held for collection — make
a paper copy of the document and hold it for collection for 7 days; and
(b) if
the sender does not request the document to be held for collection, or having
made a request does not collect the document within 7 days — return
the document by sending it electronically to the email address of the lodging
party.
(10) A person who
sends an electronic document to the office of the Registrar is to —
(a) keep
a paper copy of the document; and
(b) if
directed to do so by the Commission, produce it to the Commission.
(11) The first page of
a paper copy referred to in subregulation (10) is to be endorsed
with —
(a) a
statement that the paper copy is a true copy of the document; and
(b) the
date that the document was sent.
[Regulation 5 amended in Gazette
28 Apr 2006 p. 1651; 12 Oct 2010 p. 5153.]