Australia · Australian Capital Territory courts
When does the ACT costs assessment objections period end?
Not later than 14 days before assessment. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
- Period
- Not later than 14 days before assessment
- Trigger
- Actual assessment date
- Rule
- Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]
Authorised ACT Court Procedures Rules 2006 republication 73, effective August 1, 2026. Official current register and full authorised PDF retained. Legislation Act republication 126 and ACT published 2026–2027 calendars retained. Canberra. Compiled published ACT public holidays and rule 6300 standard Registry closures. Additional actual closures may be supplied but cannot remove compiled closures. The August bank holiday is excluded only for an act by or in relation to an authorised deposit-taking institution, outside this model.
Free calculator · No account needed
Calculate your deadline
Loading calculator…
What lawyers say
5.0“The platform is really easy to use.”
Michael B.Employment litigation attorney · California
“The Evidence Record saved us time with our insurance on bankruptcy matters.”
MariaBankruptcy and commercial attorney · London, UK
“The most up-to-date service we could find.”
Li ChenArbitration practitioner · Singapore
When does the ACT costs assessment objections period end?
Not later than 14 days before assessment. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
Responsible actor. Party objecting to served bill-of-costs items.
Actual assessment date
Not later than 14 days before assessment
Bill actually served; Numbered objections and identified item numbers; Understandable brief legal/factual reasons. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How does this provision count time?
- File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy
- Costs assessment objections uses Not later than 14 days before assessment. Exclude the triggering day. Rule 6350 omits closed Registry days for a period of five days or less and omits December 25 through January 1 from the relevant action period. A before-appointment interval excludes both the act day and appointment day under Legislation Act section 151.
- File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. Apply the relevant Canberra completion-day rule in Legislation Act section 151A and Registry closures in rule 6300. This model refuses a closed backward completion endpoint instead of moving it beyond the required interval. Actual additional Registry closures must be retained.
- The court may extend or shorten the procedural period under rule 6351. The actual order replaces this ordinary source model.
Costs assessment objections uses Not later than 14 days before assessment. Exclude the triggering day. Rule 6350 omits closed Registry days for a period of five days or less and omits December 25 through January 1 from the relevant action period. A before-appointment interval excludes both the act day and appointment day under Legislation Act section 151.
File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. Apply the relevant Canberra completion-day rule in Legislation Act section 151A and Registry closures in rule 6300. This model refuses a closed backward completion endpoint instead of moving it beyond the required interval. Actual additional Registry closures must be retained.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Actual actual assessment date is November20,2026. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Actual actual assessment date is November20,2026. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. Not later than 14 days before assessment. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Actual actual assessment date is January13,2027. The source count encounters the prescribed December25–January1 exclusion and any short-period Registry closures. Not later than 14 days before assessment. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Monday, December 21, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The actual prerequisite or controlling branch is absent. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger. The illustrative event date is Monday, October 12, 2026. Missing branch facts prevent an automated endpoint. Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger. | Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Bill actually served
- Bill actually served
- Numbered objections and identified item numbers
- Numbered objections and identified item numbers
- Understandable brief legal/factual reasons
- Understandable brief legal/factual reasons
- Bill actually served; Numbered objections and identified item numbers; Understandable brief legal/factual reasons. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
- The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When does the ACT costs assessment objections period end?
What event starts the ACT notice of objection to bill of costs clock?
Actual assessment date. Party objecting to served bill-of-costs items. The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What must be filed or served for notice of objection to bill of costs?
File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. Complete it with Court Registry and party entitled to costs. Latest ordinary completion date does not prove that the act occurred.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]When does the stated period apply to notice of objection to bill of costs?
Not later than 14 days before assessment. Bill actually served; Numbered objections and identified item numbers; Understandable brief legal/factual reasons.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Which material branch changes notice of objection to bill of costs?
The assessment date controls. The bill’s service date is a prerequisite, not this notice’s trigger.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How do closed days affect notice of objection to bill of costs?
Costs assessment objections uses Not later than 14 days before assessment. Exclude the triggering day. Rule 6350 omits closed Registry days for a period of five days or less and omits December 25 through January 1 from the relevant action period. A before-appointment interval excludes both the act day and appointment day under Legislation Act section 151. File the notice of objection and serve its stamped copy. Apply the relevant Canberra completion-day rule in Legislation Act section 151A and Registry closures in rule 6300. This model refuses a closed backward completion endpoint instead of moving it beyond the required interval. Actual additional Registry closures must be retained. Legislation Act 2001 sections 151 and 151A provide the separate statutory inclusion and completion rules.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT), rules 6300, 6350 and 6351 [R73]Can an order or another source term change notice of objection to bill of costs?
The court may extend or shorten the procedural period under rule 6351. The actual order replaces this ordinary source model.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1807 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026] | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT), rules 6300, 6350 and 6351 [R73] | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Legislation Act 2001 (ACT), sections 151, 151A and 151C [R126] | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |