When is the deadline for qcat response to an application or referral (general)?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from The day the respondent is given a copy of the application or referral. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- The day the respondent is given a copy of the application or referral
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
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- QCAT Act s 61(1)(b): the tribunal may extend or shorten a time limit fixed by the Act, an enabling Act or the rules, even after it has passed (s 61(2)), subject to s 61(3).
- If the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cwlth) applies, the response must be made within the time limited by that Act (r 44(3)). A party to a minor civil dispute other than a minor debt claim cannot respond at all (r 43(1)).