Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01028:clause:1_12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01028
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 12
Character Range: 9189–11535

12  Lodgement of documents by email
 (1) If a document is lodged by email, the document must be attached to the email:
 (a) for a statutory declaration or affidavit—as a PDF or other image format approved by the CEO as the circumstances of the case require; or
 (b) for any other document—as an attachment in Word, RTF or PDF format or another format approved by the CEO.
 (2) Documents are to be lodged without any security restrictions.
Note: A document lodged with a security restriction is be taken not to have been lodged until it is lodged without the security restriction.
 (3) The covering email should state:
 (a) the name, address, and telephone number of the natural person sending the email; and
 (b) an email address to which the CEO or an employee in the Tribunal authorised by the CEO may send notices or other documentation; and
 (c) if the document is an application to the Tribunal to deal with a dispute by arbitration or by conciliation, mediation or case appraisal—that fact; and
 (d) if the document relates to an existing matter—the Tribunal matter number.

Application to the Tribunal to deal with a dispute
 (4) If a document lodged by email is an application to the Tribunal to deal with a dispute:
 (a) the CEO, or an employee in the Tribunal who is authorised by the CEO to do so, must send an acknowledgment of lodgement, by email, to the person lodging the document; and
 (b) the application is not taken to have been lodged until the acknowledgment of lodgement in paragraph (a) has been sent; and
 (c) once the acknowledgment of lodgement mentioned in paragraph (a) has been sent, the application is taken to have been lodged at the time it was received electronically by the Tribunal.
 (4A) An acknowledgment of lodgement referred to in subsection (4) does not constitute an acceptance of the validity of the application.
 (5) A person who lodges a document by email must:
 (a) retain a copy of the document; and
 (b) retain a copy of either:
 (i) a 'delivered' statement or 'read receipt' indicating that the document was delivered to the Tribunal; or
 (ii) the email as a 'sent item' showing the transmission address and the date and time that the email was sent; and
 (c) produce copies of the documents retained under paragraphs (a) and (b) if requested by the CEO or directed to do so by a Tribunal member.