Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules

12 (1) Subject to subrule (2) and rule 17 and in addition to the provisions of the Excise Tax Act in respect of appeals under Part VII of that Act, each document required or permitted by these Rules to be filed shall be filed by sending to the Secretary, by hand, mail or electronic transmission,

• (a) in the case of an appeal, the original and five copies of the document and the number of additional copies of it that the Secretary indicates are necessary for the Tribunal and all of the parties; and

• (b) in all other proceedings, the original document and the number of copies of it that the Secretary indicates are necessary for the Tribunal and all of the parties.

(2) A party may make a written request to the Tribunal to file a document as a single copy exhibit.

(3) A document that is filed by electronic transmission shall include the following information on the first page:

• (a) the name, address and telephone and fax numbers of the sender;

• (b) the date and time of the transmission;

• (c) the total number of pages transmitted; and

• (d) the name, address and telephone number of a person to contact if transmission problems occur.

(4) When a document is filed by electronic transmission, the sender must immediately send to the Secretary the original document and the number of copies required under subrule (1).

(5) Subject to subrule 31(3) and rule 96, the date of filing of a document is

• (a) where the document is filed by electronic transmission, the date of transmission; and

• (b) in any other case, the date on which the document is received by the Tribunal, as evidenced by the date stamped on the document by the Secretary.