Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Local Court) Order 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 53

New South Wales

Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Local Court) Order 2011

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 2nd day of February 2011.

JOHN HATZISTERGOS, MLC

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The objects of this Order are:

(a)	to authorise the use as an on-line court of JusticeLink (an electronic case management system established under the Electronic Transactions Act 2000) for a 12 month trial period in relation to committal proceedings in the Local Court heard at the Downing Street Centre that are conducted in the absence of the public in accordance with section 56 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, and
(b)	to authorise the use of JusticeLink to file, issue, use and serve court attendance notices in electronic form in criminal proceedings in the Local Court.

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

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Clause 1	2011

Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment

(Local Court) Order 2011

under the

Electronic Transactions Act 2000

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment
(Local Court) Order 2011.

2      Commencement

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

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2011
Amendment of Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Order 2005	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Order 2005

Schedule 1 Authority to use JusticeLink

Insert in Column 2 at the end of the matter relating to the Local Court:

Use in criminal proceedings, but only so as to enable court attendance notices to be filed, issued, used and served in electronic form.

Use in committal proceedings heard at the Downing Centre in Sydney commenced (whether at the Downing Centre or elsewhere) before the first anniversary of the commencement of the Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Local Court) Order 2011, but only so as to enable parties to the proceedings to communicate in electronic form with the Local Court in connection with any business of the Court that is being conducted in the absence of the public in accordance with section 56 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.