Alberta civil procedure
When must an Alberta application be filed and served before consideration?
5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. File the application and serve all parties and every affected person. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
- Period
- 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided
- Trigger
- The hearing or consideration date
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)
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Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement. The unresolved completion facts are the hearing or consideration date and the source-qualified route to file the application and serve all parties and every affected person.
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When must an Alberta application be filed and served before consideration?
5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. File the application and serve all parties and every affected person. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
Responsible actor. The party making the application.
The hearing or consideration date.
Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the hearing or consideration date.
- File the application and serve all parties and every affected person.
- For file the application and serve all parties and every affected person, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
- The required spacing for file the application and serve all parties and every affected person runs before the hearing or consideration date. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later.
For file the application and serve all parties and every affected person, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
The required spacing for file the application and serve all parties and every affected person runs before the hearing or consideration date. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement. The unresolved completion facts are the hearing or consideration date and the source-qualified route to file the application and serve all parties and every affected person.
The party making the application establishes the hearing or consideration date. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement. 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. File the application and serve all parties and every affected person. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for file the application and serve all parties and every affected person meets a holiday or closed office. The required spacing for file the application and serve all parties and every affected person runs before the hearing or consideration date. A forward move to an open day may reduce that spacing. Establish the actual completion method, applicable holiday rule and any direction instead of treating a closed endpoint as permission to act later. Establish the precise minimum filing and service spacing and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
An affected person who is not a named party was omitted from service. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3) with the changed facts. 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
- Source interval and calendar
- For file the application and serve all parties and every affected person, rule 13.3 excludes the actual event day and counts ordinary calendar days. The source states 5 days or more before hearing or consideration, unless otherwise provided. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
- Actor and completion
- The party making the application. File the application and serve all parties and every affected person.
- Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
- The actor is the party making the application. The event is the hearing or consideration date. The boundary is minimum filing and service spacing. Rule 6.3(3) covers both hearing and consideration and requires filing as well as the named service. Enactments, other rules or court orders can replace the ordinary five-day requirement.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must an Alberta application be filed and served before consideration?
Does the ordinary rule require filing?
Yes. Rule 6.3(3) requires filing and service.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Are only named parties served?
No. The paragraph also includes every person affected by the application.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Does written consideration have a timing event?
Yes. The source refers to hearing or consideration.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Can another rule replace five days?
Yes. The ordinary requirement is subject to an enactment, the rules or a court order.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Does five days mean five business days?
Not under the ordinary rule 13.3 reckoning. Do not import a working-day count without a governing source.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Does timely service alone establish compliance?
No. Verify the filing act and every required recipient’s effective service.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 6.3(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Rules of Court, rules 13.2 to 13.5 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Interpretation Act, section 22 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |