Consolidated practice directions

 
 
Filing by fax 
 
16. Paragraphs 17 - 19 apply to documents filed in General Division civil 
proceedings of the Court by fax pursuant to O 67A r 7. 
17. A person must not fax a document to the Court for filing unless the 
Principal Registrar has permitted the person to fax it, pursuant to O 67A 
r 7(1). Filing by fax is not permitted simply because the Rules otherwise 
say that a document cannot be filed electronically using the ECMS.
18. The fax for filing documents is [phone].
19. A document presented for filing by fax, if accepted for filing, is taken to 
have been filed on the day and at the time when the Court receives the 
fax. 
 
Sensitive documents 
 
20. Division 3 of O 67A deals with documents containing sensitive 
information. A document may: 

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(a) contain restricted information. That is, access to all or part of the 
information in the document is restricted because: 
(i) 
the information is ‘restricted information’ under O 67A r 9
; or 
(ii) the person presenting the document for filing is applying for 
an order restricting access to the information; or 
(b) 
be a ‘restric
te
d document’ under O 67A r 9; or;
(c) not be accessible to the judiciary. That is, the existence and content 
of the document must not be made accessible or known to the 
Judge or Master who is or will be trying the case (for example, a 
dispute in relation to a 
Calderbank
offer). 
Why is it important to inform the Court that a document is sensitive?
21. When presenting a sensitive document for filing, the person presenting 
the document must inform the Court that the document is sensitive, 
regardless of the manner in which the document is presented (refer to O 
67A r 10(1)). If the Court is not informed at the time of presentation that 
a document is sensitive, the Court may not know to apply restrictions on 
access. 
22. If you forget to inform the Court that a document is sensitive at 
presentation, steps may later be made by the Court to apply restrictions 
on access to the document (refer to O 67A r 10(4)). It may take some 
time to apply restrictions, so particular caution should be exercised 
when presenting documents for filing outside of usual working hours.
A person who has erroneously described a document as being sensitive 
may also correct the error (refer to O 67A r 10(6)).