Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Children's Court) Order 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts)

Amendment (Children’s Court) Order 2017

under the

Electronic Transactions Act 2000

I, the Attorney General, in pursuance of clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Act

2000, make the following Order.

Dated, this 13th day of June 2017.

MARK SPEAKMAN, MP

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The objects of this Order are:

(a) to authorise the use of JusticeLink for certain purposes in connection with proceedings in the

Children’s Court under Chapters 4 and 5 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection)

Act 1998 and the registration and filing with the Children’s Court of care plans, contract breach notices and parent responsibility contracts (within the meaning of that Act),

(b) to authorise the use of Online Registry for certain purposes in connection with proceedings in the Children’s Court.

This Order is made under clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000.

Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Children’s Court) Order 2017 [NSW]

Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Children’s

Court) Order 2017

under the

Electronic Transactions Act 2000

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Children’s
Court) Order 2017.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Order 2005

(1) Schedule 1 Authority to use JusticeLink

Insert at the end of the matter relating to the Children’s Court in Column 2:

The registration/filing of care plans, contract breach notices and parent responsibility contracts (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998) with the Children’s Court, but only so as to enable

those documents to be created, filed, issued and used in and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, but only so as to enable documents to be created, filed, issued and used in electronic form.

electronic form.

(2)	Schedule 5 Authority to use Online Registry
Insert after the matter relating to the Local Court in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
Children’s Court Use in proceedings, but only so as to enable information concerning the progress of the proceedings to be provided in electronic form to legal practitioners representing parties to the proceedings.