Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 152

(SCR o 13 r 12 and 14; Qld r 143)

    (1)     If the court gives a person leave under rule 151 to file a notice of intention to respond or defence, the person must file the notice or defence—

    (a)     not later than 7 days after the day the leave is given; or

    (b)     if the court makes an order about when it must be filed—in accordance with the order.

Note     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , s 8 for this provision, the form must be used.

    (2)     If the person files the notice or defence as lessor of the land, the person must include in the notice or defence a statement that the person is responding to the claim as lessor.

    (3)     On the filing by a person of a notice of intention to respond or defence under this rule, the person is taken, for all purposes, to be a defendant in the proceeding.