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NATIONAL NEWS - Frustration is growing amongst the legal fraternity as the Government Printing Works’ eGazette system enters its second month offline.
The Government Printing Works (GPW) announced on Friday it was rushing against time in efforts to fix the technical errors in its publishing system.
This spells trouble for lawyers, auctioneers, liquidators and business people who rely on the system.
This is because the gazettes make official any law or process which needs to be advertised in it to the public. This includes acts and regulations, liquor licence applications, company registrations and deregistrations and legal notices such as insolvencies, liquidation and deceased estate notices.