Australia · Australian Capital Territory courts
When does the ACT response to an amended pleading period end?
Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
- Period
- Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service
- Trigger
- Both amendment service and the existing applicable time to plead
- Rule
- Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [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 response to an amended pleading period end?
Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
Responsible actor. Opposite party served with an amended pleading.
Both amendment service and the existing applicable time to plead
Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service
Actual amendment served; Existing time to plead independently established; Prior pleading status retained. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How does this provision count time?
- Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment
- Response to an amended pleading uses Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. 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.
- Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. 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.
Response to an amended pleading uses Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. 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.
Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. 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 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
AmendmentservedNovember2,2026.ExistingpleadingtimeindependentlyendsNovember20.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | AmendmentservedNovember2,2026.ExistingpleadingtimeindependentlyendsNovember20. Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Friday, November 20, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | AmendmentservedDecember14.ExistingtimeindependentlyendsJanuary7,2027.Christmasisomittedfromthe14daylimb. Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Thursday, January 7, 2027 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The actual prerequisite or controlling branch is absent. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer. The illustrative event date is Monday, October 12, 2026. Missing branch facts prevent an automated endpoint. Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer. | Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer. |
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 amendment served
- Actual amendment served
- Existing time to plead independently established
- Existing time to plead independently established
- Prior pleading status retained
- Prior pleading status retained
- Actual amendment served; Existing time to plead independently established; Prior pleading status retained. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
- A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When does the ACT response to an amended pleading period end?
What event starts the ACT pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading clock?
Both amendment service and the existing applicable time to plead. Opposite party served with an amended pleading. A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What must be filed or served for pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading?
Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. Complete it with Other party requiring service. Latest ordinary completion date does not prove that the act occurred.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]When does the stated period apply to pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading?
Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. Actual amendment served; Existing time to plead independently established; Prior pleading status retained.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Which material branch changes pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading?
A single amendment-service date can truncate the surviving original period. If the party already pleaded and does not plead again, rule 512(3) treats the original pleading as the answer.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How do closed days affect pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading?
Response to an amended pleading uses Later of existing pleading time and 14 days after amendment service. 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. Serve the elected responsive pleading or amendment. 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 pleading or amendment in answer to an amended pleading?
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 512 (2) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 512 (2) (b) [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 |