Northern Territory Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO 1 OF 2020) - SECT 16

Before section 71, in Part V

insert

70     Court may issue or transmit court documents electronically

    (1)     Any order, judgment, process or other document that the Court, a Judge, an Associate Judge or a Registrar may issue or transmit under any law of the Territory may be issued or transmitted by electronic communication.

    (2)     If any law of the Territory permits or requires any order, judgment, process or other document to be issued or transmitted by manual means, that requirement is taken to be met if the issuing or transmission occurs by electronic communication.

Example for subsection (2)

If an Act requires or permits the Court to sign or seal a document, the Court could use an electronic signature or electronic seal and the requirement is met in the same way as if he document had been signed or sealed by hand.

    (3)     This section does not limit or affect:

    (a)     the Court, a Judge, an Associate Judge or a Registrar from issuing or providing any order, judgment, process or other document manually or in paper form; or

    (b)     any practice, procedure or Rules that provide for electronic processes in the Court; or

    (c)     the power to make Rules; or

    (d)     any other power of the Court, a Judge, an Associate Judge or a Registrar.