Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 483

    (1)     The pleadings in a proceeding close—

        (a)     if a pleading is served after the defence, or answer to a counterclaim—on service of the pleading; or

        (b)     in any other case—7 days after the day the defence, or answer to a counterclaim, is served.

    (2)     If a third-party notice, or subsequent notice, is served in a proceeding, the pleadings in the proceeding on that notice close—

        (a)     if a pleading is served after the defence, or answer to a counterclaim, to the notice—on service of the pleading; or

        (b)     in any other case—7 days after the day the defence, or answer to a counterclaim, to the notice is served.