Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) A failure to comply with these rules in relation to a proceeding is an irregularity and does not make the proceeding, or a document, step taken or order made in the proceeding, void.
(2) If there has been a failure to comply with these rules in relation to a proceeding, the court may—
(a) set aside all or part of the proceeding; or
(b) set aside a step taken or order made in the proceeding; or
(c) declare a document or step taken to be void; or
(d) declare a document or step taken to be valid; or
(e) make another order that could be made under these rules (including an order dealing with the proceeding generally); or
(f) make any order dealing with the proceeding generally that it considers appropriate.
(3) However, the court must not—
(a) set aside a proceeding only because the proceeding was started by the incorrect originating process; or
(b) set aside an originating process only because the incorrect originating process was used.
(4) The court may act under subrule (2) on application by a party or on its own initiative.
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order under this rule.