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03/08/2026
Relevant fact
The dismissal took effect in New South Wales on Monday 3 August 2026.
Expected result
Monday 24 August 2026 at 11.59 pm

The calculator excludes the dismissal day and counts 21 calendar days. The selected place and confirmed holiday calendar determine any final-day rollover.

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The Australia coverage catalogue was last reviewed August 2026. Each rule has its own review date. Availability can vary by deadline; the calculator and directory show what needs checking.

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Included forums

  • Federal Court of Australia
  • High Court of Australia
  • Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
  • Fair Work Commission
  • Administrative Review Tribunal
  • TASCAT
  • Commonwealth tax disputes
  • Selected criminal appeals in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia
  • Civil procedure in all states and territories

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  • Four researched backward-count records remain reference-only because an unbundled public holiday or registry closure could otherwise produce an unsafe late date. They are FCFCOA Family Rules 2.31(a) and 5.07, and TASCAT Rules 20(3) and 20(6)(b).
  • The focused FCFCOA, TASCAT, tax and criminal-appeal packs are not complete services for those systems. Their unbundled holiday and closure calendars make every released result a self-check base period.
  • The General Federal Law 24 December to 14 January exclusion is applied to day-based Rules periods. Australian public holidays and registry closures remain unbundled.
  • Most state and territory tribunal streams, criminal procedure outside the listed appeal packs, registry cut-offs, court-directed dates and local practice remain outside automatic calculation.

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Browse Australia deadline rules

Search by deadline, citation or court. Each entry shows what starts the clock and whether the current rule can be calculated or needs checking.

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Showing 24 of 197 matching rules

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - enter appearance after service within Tasmania

7 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service within Tasmania of a writ or other originating process requiring an appearance
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 98

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - enter appearance after service elsewhere in Australia

21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service outside Tasmania but elsewhere in Australia of originating process requiring an appearance
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 99(a)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - duration of an original writ

6 months
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of an original writ on or after 1 May 2006
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 107(1)(b)

The trigger day counts as day one

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - serve originating application requiring appearance

9 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Hearing date for an originating application requiring an appearance and served within Tasmania
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 123(1)

Clear days: both the trigger day and the end day are excluded

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - serve originating application not requiring appearance

2 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Hearing date for an originating application not requiring an appearance and served within Tasmania
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 123(2)

Clear days: both the trigger day and the end day are excluded

Tasmania - Supreme Court: originating process & appearance

Supreme Court - apply after filing a conditional appearance

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Filing of the notice of conditional appearance
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 168(5)(a)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - file and serve third party notice without leave

30 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the defence by the defendant seeking to join the third party
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 202(2)(a)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - deliver statement of claim after appearance

21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Filing by the defendant of a notice of appearance, where the writ was not endorsed with a statement of claim
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 265(2)(b)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - file and deliver defence

21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
The later of delivery of the statement of claim and expiry of the period for filing a notice of appearance
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 266(1)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - deliver defence to counterclaim

21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the counterclaim
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 267(1)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - deliver reply or subsequent pleading

21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the immediately preceding pleading
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 267(2)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - amend pleading after leave where order fixes no period

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Order granting leave to amend a pleading, where the order fixes no period
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 427(4)(b)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: parties & pleadings

Supreme Court - apply to disallow amended pleading

8 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the amended pleading
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 432

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: applications & judgments

Supreme Court - serve summary judgment application and affidavit

4 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Return day of the summary judgment application
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 357(3)

Clear days: both the trigger day and the end day are excluded

Tasmania - Supreme Court: applications & judgments

Supreme Court - deliver papers for interlocutory hearing

2 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Hearing date of the interlocutory application
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 535

Clear days: both the trigger day and the end day are excluded

Tasmania - Supreme Court: applications & judgments

Supreme Court - apply to set aside judgment obtained in absence at trial

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
The trial at which the party did not appear
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 570(2)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - make discovery after notice

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Receipt of a notice requesting discovery after pleadings are deemed closed
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 383(2)(a)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - file discovery verifying affidavit

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of a notice requiring an affidavit verifying the list of discoverable documents
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 383(10)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - respond to notice to inspect document mentioned in pleading or affidavit

4 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the notice under r 391(1)
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 391(2)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - challenge authenticity in notice to admit documents

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the notice to admit documents
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 399(2)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - give notice that interrogatories require leave

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the interrogatories
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 408A(2)(b)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - answer or object to interrogatories not requiring leave

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the interrogatories
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 408A(3)-(4)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - file affidavit verifying interrogatory answers

14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Delivery of the interrogatories
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 409(2)(b)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

Tasmania - Supreme Court: discovery & evidence

Supreme Court - apply for further answer to interrogatory

7 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the copy affidavit required by r 409(2)
Rule
Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas) r 410(2)

Time runs from the day after the trigger

This directory starts with the principal courts and procedures. Additional forums remain available in the calculator above.

This is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the cited current rule, any order and the facts before using a date.

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Fair Work unfair dismissalCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission unfair-dismissal application period from the effective date of dismissal.Fair Work general protections dismissalCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission general-protections dismissal application period from the effective date of dismissal.Fair Work appeal noticeCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission Full Bench appeal-notice period from the decision or order date.

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