Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Order 2005



I, the Attorney General, in pursuance of section 14C of the Electronic Transactions Act 2000, make the following Order.
Dated, this 25th day of October 2005.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,Attorney General
1   Name of Order
This Order is the Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Order 2005.
2   Commencement
This Order commences on 28 October 2005.
3   Definitions
(1)  In this Order:
CourtLinkNSW means the electronic case management system of that name that has been established under section 14B of the Act.
(2)  Notes in the text of this Order do not form part of the Order.
4   Authority to use CourtLinkNSW
Pursuant to section 14C of the Act, CourtLinkNSW is authorised to be used by any court specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 for any purpose specified in Column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that court.
Note—
The use of CourtLinkNSW for any such purpose is regulated by rules of court.
Schedule 1 Authority to use CourtLinkNSW
(Clause 4)
Column 1
Column 2
Court
Purpose
Court of Criminal Appeal
Use in proceedings under the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, but only so as:
(a)  to enable documents to be filed, issued, used and served in electronic form, and
(b)  to enable parties to the proceedings to communicate in electronic form with the Court of Criminal Appeal in connection with any business of the Court that is being conducted in the absence of the public.
Supreme Court
Use in civil proceedings in the Corporations List, but only so as to enable documents to be filed, issued, used and served in electronic form.
Use in civil proceedings in the Possession List, but only so as to enable documents to be filed, issued, used and served in electronic form.
Use in civil proceedings in the Equity Division, but only so as to enable parties to the proceedings to communicate in electronic form with the Supreme Court in connection with any business of the Court that is being conducted in the absence of the public.