When is the deadline for magistrates' court: give notice of defence where complaint served in victoria?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from Service of the complaint on the defendant in Victoria. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 21 days
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- Service of the complaint on the defendant in Victoria
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- Unless the Court otherwise orders (r 8.01 opening words); Magistrates' Court r 3.02 confers the extension and abridgement power.
- Magistrates' Court r 3.01 is in the same terms as the Supreme Court rule, including the five-day short-period rule and the office-only rollover. Magistrates' Court r 3.08 closes the office on Saturdays and Sundays, on a public holiday within the meaning of the Public Holidays Act 1993 in the place in which that venue of the court is located, and on any day directed or appointed by the Chief Magistrate under s 5 of the Act. Note that the Magistrates' Court closure rule is venue-specific and does not include the Tuesday following Easter, unlike the Supreme and County Court rules. Office hours are 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. (r 3.09). r 3.04(1) excludes 24 December to 9 January.