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a Registrar will return a copy of the document by fax to the fax number stated on the cover sheet.
Note 2: Details of the opening times for each District Registry are on the Court's website at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au.

2.23  Sending a document by electronic communication
 (1) A document that is sent by electronic communication to a Registry for filing must:
 (a) be sent by using the Court's website at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au; and
 (b) be in an electronic format approved by a Registrar for the Registry; and
 (c) if a document is required to be in accordance with an approved form—so far as is practicable, be in an approved form that complies with rule 2.12 or 2.13; and
 (d) be capable of being printed in the form in which it was created without any loss of content.
Note: The electronic format approved by a Registrar for a Registry is available on the Court's website at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au.
 (2) An affidavit must be sent as an image.
 (3) If the document is in an existing proceeding, it must be sent to the proper Registry by using the Court's website at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au.
 (4) The person who sends the document must:
 (a) keep a paper or electronic copy of the document prepared in accordance with this rule; and
 (b) if ordered to do so by the Court, produce the hard copy of the document.

2.24  Documents sent by electronic communication
 (1) If a document sent to a Registry by electronic communication in accordance with rule 2.23 is accepted at the Registry, and is a document that must be signed or stamped, a Registrar will:
 (a) for a document that these Rules require to be endorsed with a date for hearing—insert a notice of filing and hearing as the first page of the document; or
 (b) for any other document—insert a notice of filing as the first page of the document.
 (2) If a notice has been inserted as the first page of the document in accordance with subrule (1), the notice is taken to be part of the document for the purposes of the Act and these Rules.

2.25  When is a document filed
 (1) A document is filed if:
 (a) it is lodged with the Court in accordance with rule 2.21(1); and
 (b) either:
 (i) for a document in an existing proceeding—it is accepted in the proper Registry by having the seal of the Court affixed to it; or
 (ii) in any other case—it is accepted in a Registry by having the seal of the Court affixed to it.
Note: A document that is accepted for filing is added to the Court file. See the definition of Court file in the Dictionary.
 (2) A document