ORDER 48

AUTHENTICATION AND FILING OF DOCUMENTS

1 Filing of documents

1. Except where otherwise provided by these Rules or unless the Court otherwise orders, a document is filed by the document being lodged with the Clerk assigned to the Court area in which the claim must be brought or the application made.

2 Validity of claim notice, counterclaim or third party notice

2. A claim notice, counterclaim or third party notice is valid for all purposes if it has, where necessary, been stamped to record payment of any applicable court fee, and bears the allocated Court number and the date of filing.