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Courts—information technology projects
(Question No 491)

Mr Coe asked the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 18 August 2017:

(1) What information technology projects are underway to improve services at the ACT Law Courts, such as WiFi and digital lodgement, and what funding has been allocated to each project.

(2) What is the status of the projects in part (1) and the expected completion date.

(3) Are there any other information technology projects being contemplated to improve services at the ACT Law Courts.

Mr Ramsay: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The ACT Law Courts and Tribunal is implementing a new Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) for the Supreme Court, Magistrates Court and ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT). The ICMS will be implemented in three stages, and will help streamline processes, improve data collection and analysis and provide a platform for a suite of online services. The projects currently underway include, but are not limited to:

(a) Online Forms (e-forms) – which will guide a user to complete the forms required to initiate certain types of court or tribunal proceedings. The completed form can be lodged electronically or manually over the counter. This service also allows users to save their forms for completion at a later date/time and pay the lodgement fee online.

(b) Electronic Lodgement Portal – which will give registered users (generally legal practitioners) access to information for matters to which they or their firm are a party; users will be able to search, lodge (electronic) documents, monitor progress and view documents lodged in relation to a matter and pay associated lodgement fees.

(c) ICMS Portal (criminal matters only) – which will be made available to key ACT justice agencies (such as the ACT Policing, ACT Director of Public Prosecutions and ACT Corrections). It allows authorised users read only access to selected information from ICMS (criminal only). Users can search for, and access, information pertaining to criminal matters (including parties, charges, outcomes); an accused; or listings.

The Government has allocated $10.6 million in the 2017-18 Budget over four years for the full implementation of the ICMS. The development of the online services above is included as part of the scope of works of the third stage of ICMS.

The new courts facility will deliver free Wi-Fi in the courtrooms and public areas of the new and existing buildings. Wi-Fi access points have already been installed in all existing courtrooms and will be installed in other public areas and the new courtrooms as the works progress for the building project. The installation is included as part of the scope of works for the new ACT Courts Facilities Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project currently in progress.


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