Australia · Australian Capital Territory courts
When does the ACT early subpoena production to the registry period end?
Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
- Period
- Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch
- Trigger
- Actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena
- Rule
- Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (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 early subpoena production to the registry period end?
Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
Responsible actor. Addressee electing the Registry-production alternative.
Actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena
Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch
Valid subpoena and applicable conduct-money/service prerequisites; Production alternative elected; No later rule 6603 A notice for this fixed-two-day branch. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How does this provision count time?
- Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar
- Early subpoena production to the Registry uses Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. 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.
- Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. 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.
Early subpoena production to the Registry uses Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. 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.
Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. 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 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Actual actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena is November20,2026. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Actual actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena is November20,2026. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. The independent counted-date record retains any excluded days and controlling branch endpoints. | Tuesday, November 17, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Actual actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena is January13,2027. The source count encounters the prescribed December25–January1 exclusion and any short-period Registry closures. Backward closed completion-day interaction requires source-specific qualification. No generic later carry or earlier roll is asserted. | Backward closed completion-day interaction requires source-specific qualification. No generic later carry or earlier roll is asserted. |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The actual prerequisite or controlling branch is absent. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence. The illustrative event date is Monday, October 12, 2026. Missing branch facts prevent an automated endpoint. Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence. | Establish the source-specific actor, event and branch. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence. |
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?
- Valid subpoena and applicable conduct-money/service prerequisites
- Valid subpoena and applicable conduct-money/service prerequisites
- Production alternative elected
- Production alternative elected
- No later rule 6603 A notice for this fixed-two-day branch
- No later rule 6603 A notice for this fixed-two-day branch
- Valid subpoena and applicable conduct-money/service prerequisites; Production alternative elected; No later rule 6603 A notice for this fixed-two-day branch. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
- Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When does the ACT early subpoena production to the registry period end?
What event starts the ACT production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending clock?
Actual attendance/production date stated in subpoena. Addressee electing the Registry-production alternative. Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]What must be filed or served for production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending?
Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. Complete it with Registrar at stated address. Latest ordinary completion date does not prove that the act occurred.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]When does the stated period apply to production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending?
Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. Valid subpoena and applicable conduct-money/service prerequisites; Production alternative elected; No later rule 6603 A notice for this fixed-two-day branch.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Which material branch changes production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending?
Sending is not receipt. The dual evidence-and-production subpoena still requires attendance to give evidence.
Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]How do closed days affect production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending?
Early subpoena production to the Registry uses Not later than 2 days before stated date; later notice uses its separate branch. 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. Ensure subpoena and required documents/things are received by registrar. 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 production of subpoenaed documents to the registry instead of attending?
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 6606 (4) (b) [R73, effective August 1, 2026]Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 6606 (4) (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 |