New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PERSONAL INJURY COMMISSION RULES 2021 - REG 15

15 Use of ECM system

(1) Subject to a protocol established under subrule (2), and to any order or direction of the President, a person may not use an ECM system for particular proceedings unless the person is--

(a) a party to the proceedings, or

(b) an Australian legal practitioner or agent representing a party to the proceedings, or

(c) a person authorised to use the ECM system by an Australian legal practitioner or agent representing a party to the proceedings.

(2) The President may establish a protocol for the use of an ECM system that applies generally or for particular proceedings.

(3) The protocol may provide for public access to information held by the Commission, but not to the contents of a document held by the Commission in relation to particular proceedings.

(4) Subject to subrule (3), the protocol may provide for--

(a) the specification of the level of access to the system to which persons generally or persons of specified classes are entitled, and

(b) the conditions of use of the system applicable to persons generally or persons of a specified class.

(5) The level of access to an ECM system to which a person is entitled, and the conditions of use that apply to a person, are subject to any order or direction of the President.