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RULES OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

(c) the document that is filed is a scanned version of the document containing the
original signature to the statement of truth.
6. Arrangements for electronic communication by court

(1) The Chief Registrar may make arrangements with a party or advocate
whereby documents may be sent electronically by the court to that party or advocate
(2) The Chief Registrar shall publish on the court website —
(a) descriptions of the documents which may be sent electronically under such
arrangements;
(b) the format or formats in which such documents may be sent;
(c) any other technical specifications relating to the transmission; and

(d) the information to be supplied by a party or advocate wishing to enter into
such arrangements.
(3) Any reference in these rules to the return, supply, sending or service of a
document by the court or the court office includes a reference to the sending of that document
in accordance with such arrangements.
7. Interpretation of paragraphs 2 to 6

In paragraphs 2 to 6 —
(a) filing or sending a document ‘electronically’ means filing or sending it in
accordance with paragraph 2 or arrangements under paragraph 6, as the case
may be; and
(b) ‘specified form’, in relation to a document, means an electronic form of the
document which is available for completion on the court website;

(c) ‘specified document’ means a document listed on the court website as a
document that may be sent to or filed in the court by e-mail;
(d) ‘transmission’ means an e-mail sent by a party to the court at the appropriate
e-mail address specified on the court website, or by the court to a party or
advocate in accordance with arrangements under paragraph 6, as the case
may be.

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