Alberta civil procedure
When must Alberta decision judicial review be filed and served?
6 calendar months after the decision or act. File the originating application and serve each required recipient. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
- Period
- 6 calendar months after the decision or act
- Trigger
- The actual challenged decision or act date
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)
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Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch. The unresolved completion facts are the actual challenged decision or act date and the source-qualified route to file the originating application and serve each required recipient.
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When must Alberta decision judicial review be filed and served?
6 calendar months after the decision or act. File the originating application and serve each required recipient. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
Responsible actor. The applicant seeking to set aside a decision or act.
The actual challenged decision or act date.
Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the actual challenged decision or act date.
- File the originating application and serve each required recipient.
- The 6 calendar months after the decision or act interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the actual challenged decision or act date. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
- Check the actual completion for file the originating application and serve each required recipient. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to 6 calendar months after the decision or act.
The 6 calendar months after the decision or act interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the actual challenged decision or act date. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
Check the actual completion for file the originating application and serve each required recipient. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to 6 calendar months after the decision or act.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch. The unresolved completion facts are the actual challenged decision or act date and the source-qualified route to file the originating application and serve each required recipient.
The applicant seeking to set aside a decision or act establishes the actual challenged decision or act date. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch. 6 calendar months after the decision or act. File the originating application and serve each required recipient. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for file the originating application and serve each required recipient meets a holiday or closed office. Check the actual completion for file the originating application and serve each required recipient. Interpretation Act section 22 distinguishes a holiday from a closed office where an act must be completed. Verify the operative recipient, filing method and opening facts before applying an open-day carry to 6 calendar months after the decision or act. Establish the precise paired filing and recipient service and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
The application was filed within six months but a required recipient was not served in that period. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2) with the changed facts. 6 calendar months after the decision or act cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
- Source interval and calendar
- The 6 calendar months after the decision or act interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the actual challenged decision or act date. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
- Actor and completion
- The applicant seeking to set aside a decision or act. File the originating application and serve each required recipient.
- Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
- The actor is the applicant seeking to set aside a decision or act. The event is the actual challenged decision or act date. The boundary is paired filing and recipient service. Rule 3.15(2) requires both filing and service and excludes rule 13.5 variation. Paragraph(3) identifies decision-makers, applicable Attorneys General and directly affected persons. Habeas corpus and other remedies need their own branch.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must Alberta decision judicial review be filed and served?
Does filing alone satisfy the six-month requirement?
No. Rule 3.15(2) requires filing and service within the period.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Can rule 13.5 extend this interval?
No. Paragraph(2) expressly excludes it.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Who must receive service?
Paragraph(3) includes the relevant person or body, applicable provincial or federal law officer and directly affected persons or bodies.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Does every judicial review remedy use this branch?
This branch seeks to set aside a decision or act. Establish the actual remedy and any separate habeas corpus route.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Does receipt of reasons automatically start the period?
The paragraph uses the decision or act, not a universal later reasons-receipt event.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Does the evidence have the same deadline?
Paragraph(5) separately requires supporting evidence at least one month before hearing, excluding habeas corpus.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.15(2) | 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 |