Court Procedures Regulation 2004 (ACT)

Court Procedures Regulation 2004   

SL2004-63

made under the

Court Procedures Act 2004

Republication No 6

Effective:  16 November 2025

Republication date: 16 November 2025

Last amendment made by A2025‑29

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Court Procedures Regulation 2004, made under the Court Procedures Act 2004 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 November 2025.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 November 2025.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Court Procedures Regulation 2004

made under the

Court Procedures Act 2004

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

3            Notes  2

4            Corresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law  2

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  3

2            Abbreviation key  3

3            Legislation history  4

4            Amendment history  5

5            Earlier republications  6

Court Procedures Regulation 2004

made under the

Court Procedures Act 2004

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Court Procedures Regulation 2004.

2. Notes

   A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.

   NoteSee the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

3. Corresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law

   The following laws are declared to be laws that correspond to the Act, part 4 (Crown proceedings):

   ·     Crown Proceedings Act 1993 (NT)

   ·     Crown Proceedings Act 1992 (SA)

   ·     Crown Proceedings Act 1993 (Tas).

Endnotes

1. About the endnotes

   Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

   Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

   Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

   If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

   The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2. Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

1. Legislation history

   Court Procedures Regulation 2004 SL2004-63

   notified LR 23 December 2004
   s 1, s 2 commenced 23 December 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
   remainder commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)

   as amended by

   Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No 4) A2005-60 sch 1 amdt 1.82

   notified LR 1 December 2005
   s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 23 November 2005 (LA s 75 (2))
   sch 1 amdt 1.82 commenced 22 December 2005 (s 2 (4))

   Legal Profession Act 2006 A2006-25 sch 2 pt 2.4

   notified LR 21 June 2006
   s 1, s 2 commenced 21 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 2 pt 2.4 commenced 1 July 2006 (s 2)

   ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 A2008-36 sch 1 pt 1.16

   notified LR 4 September 2008
   s 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 1 pt 1.16 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 (No 2) A2015‑50 sch 3 pt 3.9

   notified LR 25 November 2015
   s 1, s 2 commenced 25 November 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 3 pt 3.9 commenced 9 December 2015 (s 2)

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.22

   notified LR 6 November 2025
   s 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 3 pt 3.22 commenced 16 November 2025 (s 2 (1))

2. Amendment history

   Commencement

   s 2om LA s 89 (4)

   Prescribed tribunal—Act, s 6

   s 3Ains A2006‑25 amdt 2.5

   om A2008‑36 amdt 1.221

   Corresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law

   s 4am A2025‑29 amdt 3.64

   Judicial authority—Act, s 57, def judicial authority

   s 5reloc from Evidence Regulation 1992 s 2 by A2005‑60 amdt 1.82

   om A2015‑50 amdt 3.58

1. Earlier republications

   Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

   Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 10 Jan 2005	10 Jan 2005‑ 21 Dec 2005	not amended	new regulation
R2 22 Dec 2005	22 Dec 2005– 30 June 2006	A2005‑60	amendments by A2005‑60
R3 1 July 2006	1 July 2006– 1 Feb 2009	A2006‑25	amendments by A2006‑25
R4 2 Feb 2009	2 Feb 2009– 8 Dec 2015	A2008‑36	amendments by A2008‑36
R5 9 Dec 2015	9 Dec 2015– 15 Nov 2025	A2015‑50	amendments by A2015‑50