Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) An authorised Registrar may approve at least one fax number for each Registry for receiving documents.
(2) A document sent to a Registry by fax must be:
(a) sent to an approved fax number for the Registry; and
(b) accompanied by a cover sheet stating:
(i) the sender's name, postal address, telephone number, fax number, email address and any document exchange number; and
(ii) the number of pages sent; and
(iii) the action sought in relation to the document.
(3) A document must not be faxed to a Registry if it is more than 20 pages.
(4) If the document is in an existing proceeding, it must be sent to an approved fax number for the Registry that is the appropriate registry for the proceeding.
(5) If the document is required to be signed or stamped, and is accepted at the Registry, the Registrar must:
(a) make one copy of the document; and
(b) if the sender asks that the document be held for collection--hold it for collection for 7 days; and
(c) if the sender does not ask for the document to be held for collection, or having asked does not collect the document within 7 days--return the document by sending it:
(i) by fax to the fax number stated on the cover sheet; or
(ii) if no fax number is stated, to the postal address stated on the cover sheet.
(6) The sender of a document to a Registry by fax must:
(a) keep the original document and the transmission report evidencing successful transmission; and
(b) produce the original document or the transmission report as directed by the Court.
(7) If the Court directs that the original document be produced, the first page of the document must be endorsed with:
(a) a statement that the document is the original of a document sent by fax; and
(b) the day that the document was sent by fax.