Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00057:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00057
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 13685–16211

be, or were, commenced.
1.07.3  The person who sends the document must:
 (a) keep a paper or electronic copy of the document; and
 (b) if directed to do so by the Court, a Justice or the Registrar, produce a hard copy of the document.

1.08  Documents
1.08.1  Unless these Rules provide otherwise, a document to be filed in the Court must:
 (a) be in clear, sharp, legible and permanent type of at least 12 point size; and
 (b) be in A4 size; and
 (c) have margins of at least 2.5 cm at the top, bottom, left and right sides; and
 (d) have each page numbered and every tenth line on each page numbered in the left margin; and
 (e) be without erasure or alteration that causes material disfigurement; and
 (f) comply with any other requirements relating to formatting specified in a Practice Direction.
1.08.2  Unless these Rules provide otherwise, the first page of a document to be filed in the Court must be indorsed:
 (a) first, with the title of the proceeding or proposed proceeding in which it is filed;
 (b) next, with a short description of the document including, in the case of an affidavit, the name of the deponent;
 (c) at the foot of the page with:
 (i) the date of the document;
 (ii) the party or other persons on whose behalf it is filed.
1.08.6  If:
 (a) a document is to be filed in the Court; and
 (b) the document contains information to which a suppression order, a non‑publication order, or any other confidentiality order, made by a court applies;
the document must be accompanied by a copy of the relevant order.

1.09  Forms
1.09.1  In these Rules, a reference to a form by number is a reference to the form so numbered approved under rule 1.09.2.
1.09.2  The Justices of the Court, or a majority of them, may approve a form for the purposes of these Rules.
Note: Approved forms are published on the Court's website (http://www.hcourt.gov.au). The approved forms may be set out in a Practice Direction.
1.09.3  An approved form may be used with any variations that are necessary or as the Registrar directs.

1.10  When a document is filed
1.10.1  A document is filed in the Court if:
 (a) it has been lodged with the Court in accordance with rule 1.07; and
 (b) it is accepted in the Registry.
1.10.2  A Registrar must not accept a document lodged for filing unless any fee payable under the Fees Regulations for filing the document has been paid.
1.10.3  A Registrar must not accept a document lodged for filing if the document is subject to the direction of a Justice under rule 6.07 and the leave