Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations (1) Time in a case
runs during a period when the filing registry is closed.
(2) If:
(a) the period allowed
by these Rules or an order for an action to be validly taken is 5 days or
less; and
(b) the period
includes a day when the filing registry is closed;
that day is not counted.
(3) For the
calculation of time of one day or more from a particular day, or from the
occurrence of a particular event, the particular day, or the day when the
event occurs, is not counted.
(4) If the last day
for taking an action requiring attendance at a filing registry is on a day
when the filing registry is closed, the action may be taken on the next day
when the filing registry is open.
(5) Subsection
36 (2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 does not apply to these Rules.
Summary of Chapter 2
Chapter 2 sets out rules about:
• the form of application you must file to
start a case in a court, respond to an application or seek orders in the
course of a case;
• the documents you must file with an
application or response; and
• the brochures that must be served in a
case.
Before starting a case, you must comply with the court’s pre-action
procedures (see subrule 1.05 (1) and Schedule 1).
"The rules in Chapter 1 relating to the court’s general powers apply in
all cases and override all other provisions in these Rules.
"A word or expression used in this Chapter may be defined in the dictionary at
the end of these Rules.