Queensland Consolidated Regulations

CRIMINAL PRACTICE RULES 1999 - REG 10

10 Electronic filing, giving or issuing of documents

(1) Unless otherwise stated in these rules—

(a) a document required to be filed or given under the Code or these rules may be filed or given electronically; and

(b) a document issued under the Code or these rules may be issued electronically; and

(c) a document required by subpoena to be produced to the court under these rules may be produced to the court electronically.

(2) For a document filed electronically under the Code or these rules, the day on which the document is taken to have been filed is—

(a) if the whole of the document is received by the registry before 4.30p.m. on a day the registry is open for business—that day; or

(b) otherwise—the next day the registry is open for business.

(3) A document issued electronically under the Code or these rules—

(a) must include an image of the seal of the court; and

(b) is valid even if the document does not include a signature.

(4) A paper copy of an electronically issued document is taken for all purposes, including, for example, service, to be—

(a) a copy of the electronically issued document; and

(b) stamped with the court’s seal.