Australia · Australian Capital Territory courts
When does the ACT payment after offer acceptance period end?
Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. Pay money or perform the agreed act. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
- Period
- Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise
- Trigger
- Actual acceptance of the offer
- Rule
- Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (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.
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When does the ACT payment after offer acceptance period end?
Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. Pay money or perform the agreed act. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
Responsible actor. Party owing payment or an act under an accepted formal offer.
Actual acceptance of the offer
Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise
Actual accepted offer; Notice does not specify a different payment/performance term; Nature and place of performance established. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How does this provision count time?
- Pay money or perform the agreed act
- Payment after offer acceptance uses Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. 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.
- Pay money or perform the agreed act. 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.
- Rule 1002(6) expressly allows the notice of offer to provide another payment or performance term. That actual term controls the accepted bargain rather than a presumed 28 days.
Payment after offer acceptance uses Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. 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.
Pay money or perform the agreed act. 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 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Actual actual acceptance of the offer on October12,2026. All stated branch facts apply.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Actual actual acceptance of the offer on October12,2026. All stated branch facts apply. Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. Pay money or perform the agreed act. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Monday, November 9, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Actual actual acceptance of the offer on December21,2026. The procedural count encounters the prescribed Christmas period. Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. Pay money or perform the agreed act. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Wednesday, January 27, 2027 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The actual prerequisite or controlling branch is absent. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance. The illustrative event date is Monday, October 12, 2026. Missing branch facts prevent an automated endpoint. Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance. | Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance. |
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?
- Actual accepted offer
- Actual accepted offer
- Notice does not specify a different payment/performance term
- Notice does not specify a different payment/performance term
- Nature and place of performance established
- Nature and place of performance established
- Actual accepted offer; Notice does not specify a different payment/performance term; Nature and place of performance established. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
- Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When does the ACT payment after offer acceptance period end?
What event starts the ACT payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise clock?
Actual acceptance of the offer. Party owing payment or an act under an accepted formal offer. Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What must be filed or served for payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise?
Pay money or perform the agreed act. Complete it with Payee or performance beneficiary identified by offer. Latest ordinary completion date does not prove that the act occurred.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]When does the stated period apply to payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise?
Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. Actual accepted offer; Notice does not specify a different payment/performance term; Nature and place of performance established.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Which material branch changes payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise?
Offer terms can displace this deemed default. An ordinary accepted-offer date does not prove actual acceptance or performance.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How do closed days affect payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise?
Payment after offer acceptance uses Within 28 days after acceptance unless the notice provides otherwise. 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. Pay money or perform the agreed act. 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 payment or performance after acceptance of an offer of compromise?
Rule 1002(6) expressly allows the notice of offer to provide another payment or performance term. That actual term controls the accepted bargain rather than a presumed 28 days.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (6) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1002 (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 |