9.—(1) Where any application or document is filed, served, delivered or conveyed using the electronic filing service by an authorised user or an authorised agent of an authorised user, it shall be deemed to be filed, served, delivered or conveyed on the date and at the time that the first part of the electronic transmission of the application or document from the authorised user or authorised agent is received in the computer system of the court.
(2) The authorised user or authorised agent may produce a confirmation receipt issued by the electronic filing service provider as evidence of —
(a)
the filing, service, delivery or conveyance of any application or document filed, served, delivered or conveyed by the authorised user or authorised agent; or
(b)
the date and time of filing, service, delivery or conveyance of the application or document.
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied for any reason that any application or document should be treated as having been filed, served, delivered or conveyed using the electronic filing service, or issued by the court, at some earlier date and time than the date and time referred to in paragraph (1) —
(a)
the Registrar may cause the electronic filing service to reflect that earlier date and time; and
(b)
that earlier date and time shall be deemed for the purposes of any proceedings in court to be the date and time on and at which the application or document was filed, served, delivered or conveyed, as the case may be.