Section Sch1-5.78 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Requirements for e-filing

5.78 Requirements for e-filing (1) A document may be e-filed if it complies with this rule. (2) An electronic communication sent with a document for e-filing must be authenticated by a current electronic identity assigned by the Registrar. (3) A document that is e-filed, and any electronic communication by which the document is e-filed, must comply with the requirements set out in a practice note issued by the Chief Judge or by a list Judge for a particular registry of the court with the approval of the Chief Judge. (4) The practice note may also limit the number of documents that may be filed on a single occasion or in a stated period, and impose other requirements to ensure that electronic filing is convenient to registered users and is efficient and reliable and causes no injustice to other parties. (5) A document that is e-filed other than in imaged form need not comply with the rules as to shape, size, and format in subpart 2 (formal requirements for documents). (6) A document that is e-filed in imaged form must comply with subpart 2. (7) An e-filed document must be adequately labelled so that it is obvious what it is (for example, “Interlocutory application without notice for interim injunction” ). (8) If, under these rules, a document can be filed only if it is signed or otherwise authenticated, use of the registered user’s electronic identity to authenticate the electronic communication sent with the document must be treated for all purposes as equivalent to that user’s signature or other authentication of that document. (9) This rule is subject to rule 5.81.