Consolidated practice directions

General Division - Criminal 
37. Subject to pars 38 - 46, a document may be presented for filing by fax in 
General Division criminal proceedings.
 
38. The fax number for presenting documents for filing is [phone]. 
39. A document that, with any attachments and a cover page, is more than 
20 pages long, must not be presented for filing by fax and any such 
document received by the Court is to be taken not to have been filed. 
40. A document that is presented to the Court by fax for filing must have a 
cover page stating: 
(a) the sender's name, postal address, document exchange number (if 
any), telephone number and fax number;
(b) the number of pages (including the cover page) being sent by fax; 
(c) whether any documents required to be sealed by the Court will be 
collected from the Court or are to be mailed back by post; and 
(d) what arrangements are to be made for other documents. (Refer to 
the sample coversheet for the presentation of documents for filing 
by fax at 1.2.2.1.)
41. A person who presents a document for filing 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; 
(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 par (b) to the 
Court. 
42. A document presented for filing by fax will not be accepted unless it 
complies with relevant provisions of the 
Criminal Procedure Act 2004
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1. Supreme Court Registry & Court of Appeal Office 
PD 1.2.2
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
Criminal Procedure Rules 2005
, the 
Criminal Procedure Regulations 2005
and this Practice Direction. 
43. The Court will advise the sender if the document is not accepted for 
filing for any reason. 
44. A document accepted for filing by fax is to be taken to have been filed: 
(a) if the whole document is received before 4.00 pm on a day when 
the Court Registry is open for business, on that day; or 
(b) otherwise, on the next day when the Court Registry is open for 
business. 
45. A person who presents a document for filing 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. 
46. 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. 
47. For the purposes of r 25A(3) of the 
Criminal Procedure Rules 2005
, a party 
may present a document for filing electronically by sending a scanned 
copy of the document in portable document format as an attachment to 
an email to 
[e-mail]
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