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Consolidated Practice Directions

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1. 
Order 1 r 4 of the Rules provides that ECMS means the electronic case 
management system for managing proceedings in all Western 
Australian courts and tribunals.
2. 
Order 1 r 4 provides that to file electronically means to file under O 67A 
using the ECMS. The part of the ECMS through which documents may 
be filed is the electronic filing system on the eCourts Portal of Western 
Australia website.
3. 
Documents may be presented for filing electronically using the ECMS 
24 hours per day and seven days per week. Whilst a document may be 
accepted for filing and sealed at a later time (O 67 r 9(1A)), the time of 
filing will be recorded as the time the document is presented via the 
ECMS (O 67A r 4(10)). 
Mandatory filing using the ECMS 
4. 
Electronic filing using the ECMS is mandatory for documents filed in 
General Division civil matters unless the Rules or this Practice Direction 
provides that there is an exemption for a person or a type of document 
(O 67A r 3). 
4A. From 3 May 2021 electronic filing using the ECMS is mandatory for 
documents filed in Court of Appeal civil appeals unless the Rules or this 
Practice Direction provides that there is an exemption for a person or a 
type of document (O 67A r 3). 
Exemptions to mandatory filing using the ECMS 
5. 
Order 67A r 3(1) provides a list of exemptions where the person filing a 
document is not required to file electronically using the ECMS.
6. 
Paragraph (a) of O 67A r 3(1) provides an exemption where the ECMS: 
(a)
has been declared unavailable for use by the Principal Registrar 
(refer also to par 7 - 8 below); 


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Consolidated Practice Direction
(b)
is otherwise unavailable for use (refer also to par 8 below): or
(c)
does not permit the document to be presented (refer also to par 9 
below).
7. 
An example of a situation where the Principal Registrar may declare the 
ECMS unavailable for use is when planned maintenance work is being 
performed on the ECMS. (The ECMS will require occasional 
maintenance work. Where possible, maintenance work will be 
undertaken outside of usual business hours and advance notice will be 
placed on the ECMS.) 
8. When the ECMS is unavailable, documents may be filed in accordance 
with the Rules by: 
(a)
email (refer also to Practice Direction 1.2.2 

Filing by email
); 
(b)
delivery to the Court (refer also to Practice Directions 1.1.1 

Registry and Court of Appeal Office 

opening hours, and 1.2.2 

Filing by delivery
); 
(c)
post (refer also to Practice Directions 1.2.2 

Filing by post 
and 
1.2.3); or 
(d)
fax (only where email, delivery or post is not possible, refer also to 
Practice Direction 1.2.2 

Filing by fax
).
9. 
The ECMS may not allow certain types of documents to be presented for 
filing. A list of the originating and non-originating documents that the 
ECMS 
will allow to be presented for filing is available on the Court’s 
website
.  
10. Order 67A r 3(1) also lists other exemptions, which include documents 
filed in non-contentious or common form probate business (par (c)); 
documents filed in the Court of Disputed Returns to which the 
Electoral 
Rules
1908
apply (par (c)); documents filed under O 75A for the 
purposes of an application for admission under the 
Legal Profession Act 
2008
(par (d)); and documents filed under O 81H for the purposes of an 
application under the 
Surveillance Devices Act 1998
(par (d)). 
11. Paragraph (i) of O 67A r 3(1) provides an exemption from mandatory 
filing using the ECMS for documents declared in the Practice Directions 


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to be exempt. The following documents are by this Practice Direction 
declared to be exempt: 
(a) originating documents presented for filing by a litigant in person 
at the discretion of the proper officer at the Court Registry;
(b) documents presented for filing for the purposes of an application 
or proceedings under the 
Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 
1996

(c) documents presented for filing in an appeal to a single judge of the 
Court (SJA matters) (refer also to par 12 below);
(d) documents presented for filing by an applicant for substitution 
under s 465B of the 
Corporations Act 2001
(Cth);
(e) documents presented for filing for the purposes of an application 
brought under s 76 of the 
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 
(Cth) (SEPA) where the application is for leave to serve a notice or 
summons issued under s 95 or 96 of the 
Corruption, Crime and 
Misconduct Act 2003
(WA);
(f)
documents presented for filing pursuant to Part 6 of the SEPA and 
O 81B of the Rules; and 
(g)
any other documents presented for filing for the purposes of an 
application by a non-party to the proceeding to intervene, or to be 
joined as a party to the proceeding, or to otherwise be heard. 
12. It is not mandatory to file documents using the ECMS in SJA matters, 
however the filing party may choose to electronically file documents 
using the ECMS. 
13. For filing requirements in relation to applications or proceedings under 
the 
Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000
, refer to Practice Direction 
9.10. 
14. Paragraph (j) of O 67A r 3(1) provides an exemption from mandatory 
filing using the ECMS where a class of persons is declared in the 
Practice Directions to be exempt from filing by ECMS. By this Practice 
Direction, persons who are serving a term of imprisonment as at the 


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date that a document is presented for filing are a class of persons 
declared to be exempt. 
15. Non-parties who wish to file documents are not to present any 
documents for filing electronically using the ECMS unless permitted to 
do so by the Principal Registrar. A non-party may apply for permission 
in writing to the Principal Registrar. The application may be made by 
letter or email addressed to the associate to the Principal Registrar 

refer to 
website
 for contact details.

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