Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2001 (Vic)

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

(Amendment No. 7) Rules 2001

S.R. No. 24/2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule Page

1.	Object	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	New Rule 6.37.1B inserted	1
6.37.1B Accompanying documents for electronic lodgement	1

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STATUTORY RULES 2001

S.R. No. 24/2001

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

(Amendment No. 7) Rules 2001

The Rules Committee established by section 150 of the makes the following Rules:

1. Object

The object of these Rules is to amend the 1998 to make further provision for the electronic lodgement of documents with the Tribunal for proceedings in the Residential Tenancies List.

2. Authorising provision

These Rules are made under section 157 of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and all other enabling powers.

3. New Rule 6.37.1B inserted

After Rule 6.37.1A of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 19981 insert—

"6.37.1B Accompanying documents for electronic

lodgement

Despite the provisions of Rules 6.38 and 6.39.1, if an application has been lodged with the principal registrar by electronic communication to the Tribunal's information

system for generating, sending, receiving, storing or otherwise processing electronic

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communications known as VCAT Online,
any requirement of those Rules that a
document must accompany the application is

satisfied if—

(a)	in the case of an application referred to in Rule 6.38(5) or Rule 6.38(7) relating to a notice to vacate, the applicant has
created the document using VCAT Online; and
(b)	in the case of an application referred to in the following Rules, the document is provided to the Tribunal at the hearing of the application or, at the request of the principal registrar at any time before or after the hearing—

(i) application under section 322 of

Rule 6.38(5.1) relating to an 1997;

(ii) Rule 6.38(6);

(iii)  Rule 6.38(7) relating to a notice of intention to vacate;

(iv) Rule 6.38(12); (v) Rule 6.38(13); (vi) Rule 6.39.1(2).".

Dated: 21 March 2001

MURRAY B. KELLAM, President
FRED DAVEY, Vice-President
M. J. STRONG, Acting Vice-President

JANE MONK, Member

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ENDNOTES

1 Rule 4: S.R. No. 87/1998. Reprint (No. 2) to S.R. No. 33/2000.

Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 108/2000.