Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016

If you need more information about this Act, please contact the administering agency: Ministry of Justice

Preliminary provisions

3 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to—

(a)

facilitate the use of permitted documents in, or with respect to, the proceedings of courts and tribunals; and

(b)

allow references to documents in existing enactments relating to the processes of courts and tribunals to be interpreted as including permitted documents; and

(c)

permit the filing of permitted documents at any specified place.