8.—(1) Any entity may apply to the Registrar to be a registered user in accordance with any procedure as may be required by the Registrar.
(2) Any entity which is a registered user may designate one or more of its partners, directors, officers or employees to be an authorised user in accordance with any procedure as may be required by the Registrar.
(3) The Registrar may allow an entity to be a registered user or a person to be an authorised user on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.
(4) A registered user which was registered or an authorised user who was designated before 1st January 2013 under Order 63A, Rule 5 of the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5) shall be deemed to have been registered as a registered user or designated as an authorised user, as the case may be, under this regulation.
(5) A registered user which designates an authorised user and supplies the authorised user’s identification code through the electronic filing service shall be deemed to approve the use of the identification code in conjunction with the electronic filing service by that authorised user.
(6) Before using the electronic filing service, the registered user shall —
(a)
enter into an agreement with the electronic filing service provider for the provision of the electronic filing service; and
(b)
make arrangements with the Registrar for the mode of payment of all applicable fees.
(7) The Registrar may waive the application of paragraph (6), in whole or in part, in relation to such registered users or class of registered users as he deems fit.
(8) For the purposes of these Regulations —
(a)
an entity that is registered by the Registrar of the Supreme Court under Order 63A, Rule 5(1) of the Rules of Court shall be deemed to be a registered user under paragraph (1) in the Supreme Court (including the Family Division of the High Court); and
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(b)
a service bureau established under regulation 7 shall be deemed to be a registered user in the Supreme Court (including the Family Division of the High Court), and every employee of a service bureau shall be deemed to be an authorised user.