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When does the ACT enforcement leave after six years period end?

Leave required for commencement more than 6 years after order. Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.

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Period
Leave required for commencement more than 6 years after order
Trigger
Actual day the order was made and proposed commencement of enforcement
Rule
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [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.

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Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

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When does the ACT enforcement leave after six years period end?

Leave required for commencement more than 6 years after order. Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.

Responsible actor. Person entitled to enforce an order.

Actual day the order was made and proposed commencement of enforcement

Leave required for commencement more than 6 years after order

Actual enforceable order; Other rule 2012(1) leave circumstances independently screened; Proposed enforcement date established. The six-year age boundary is not an enforcement deadline. Leave may be required earlier because of death, conditions, partnership or changed money-order parties.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

How does this provision count time?

  1. Determine whether enforcement requires leave on the age limb
  2. Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.
  3. Actual Canberra completion place and Registry-opening status. Periods≤ 5 exclude closed Registry days. Relevant procedural counts excludeDecember 25–January 1. Action-based completion carry differs from legal-status/validity events. Backward endpoint cannot be blindly moved beyond the required interval.
  4. Rule 2012 requires actual leave in its specified circumstances. An affidavit must address enforceability, liability and, after 6 years, the delay. The affidavit may not be sworn earlier than 2 days before the leave application is filed.

Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.

Actual Canberra completion place and Registry-opening status. Periods≤ 5 exclude closed Registry days. Relevant procedural counts excludeDecember 25–January 1. Action-based completion carry differs from legal-status/validity events. Backward endpoint cannot be blindly moved beyond the required interval.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave.

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Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actual enforceable order
Actual enforceable order
Other rule 2012(1) leave circumstances independently screened
Other rule 2012(1) leave circumstances independently screened
Proposed enforcement date established
Proposed enforcement date established
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]
  • Actual enforceable order; Other rule 2012(1) leave circumstances independently screened; Proposed enforcement date established. The six-year age boundary is not an enforcement deadline. Leave may be required earlier because of death, conditions, partnership or changed money-order parties.
  • The six-year age boundary is not an enforcement deadline. Leave may be required earlier because of death, conditions, partnership or changed money-order parties.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

When does the ACT enforcement leave after six years period end?

What event starts the ACT leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order clock?

Actual day the order was made and proposed commencement of enforcement. Person entitled to enforce an order. The six-year age boundary is not an enforcement deadline. Leave may be required earlier because of death, conditions, partnership or changed money-order parties.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

What must be filed or served for leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order?

Determine whether enforcement requires leave on the age limb. Complete it with Court for an actual leave application. No automated filing date does not prove that the act occurred.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

When does the stated period apply to leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order?

Leave required for commencement more than 6 years after order. Actual enforceable order; Other rule 2012(1) leave circumstances independently screened; Proposed enforcement date established.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

Which material branch changes leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order?

The six-year age boundary is not an enforcement deadline. Leave may be required earlier because of death, conditions, partnership or changed money-order parties.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

How do closed days affect leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order?

Rule 2012(1)(a) creates a leave requirement for enforcement started more than six years after the order. It is not a final date to enforce. Other grounds require leave earlier. A threshold alone must not be sold as permission to enforce without leave. Actual Canberra completion place and Registry-opening status. Periods≤ 5 exclude closed Registry days. Relevant procedural counts excludeDecember 25–January 1. Action-based completion carry differs from legal-status/validity events. Backward endpoint cannot be blindly moved beyond the required interval. Legislation Act 2001 sections 151 and 151A provide the separate statutory inclusion and completion rules.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

Can an order or another source term change leave required to start enforcement more than 6 years after the order?

Rule 2012 requires actual leave in its specified circumstances. An affidavit must address enforceability, liability and, after 6 years, the delay. The affidavit may not be sworn earlier than 2 days before the leave application is filed.

Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]

Official sources and review

Provisions used (3)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 2012 (1) (a) [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
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