{"id":"sl-2004-63","name":"Court Procedures Regulation 2004","slug":"court-procedures-regulation-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"63 of 2004","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173307,"registerId":"act-sl-2004-63-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Court Procedures Regulation 2004","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nSL2004-63\nmade under the\nCourt Procedures Act 2004\nRepublication No 6\nEffective: 16 November 2025\nRepublication date: 16 November 2025\nLast amendment made by A2025-29\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Court Procedures Regulation 2004, made under the Court\nProcedures Act 2004 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 November 2025. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 November 2025.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR6\n16/11/25\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nmade under the\nCourt Procedures Act 2004\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Notes 2\n4 Corresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n4 Amendment history 5\n5 Earlier republications 6\n\n\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nmade under the\nCourt Procedures Act 2004\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Court Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\nR6\n16/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Court Procedures Regulation 2004.\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n4 Corresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law\nThe following laws are declared to be laws that correspond to the Act,\npart 4 (Crown proceedings):\n• Crown Proceedings Act 1993 (NT)\n• Crown Proceedings Act 1992 (SA)\n• Crown Proceedings Act 1993 (Tas).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR6\n16/11/25\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Court Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\nR6\n16/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004 SL2004-63\nnotified LR 23 December 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 December 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court\nProcedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)\nas amended by\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005\n(No 4) A2005-60 sch 1 amdt 1.82\nnotified LR 1 December 2005\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 23 November 2005 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 1 amdt 1.82 commenced 22 December 2005 (s 2 (4))\nLegal Profession Act 2006 A2006-25 sch 2 pt 2.4\nnotified LR 21 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.4 commenced 1 July 2006 (s 2)\nACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment\nAct 2008 A2008-36 sch 1 pt 1.16\nnotified LR 4 September 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.16 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil\nand Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 (No 2) A2015-50 sch 3 pt 3.9\nnotified LR 25 November 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 25 November 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.9 commenced 9 December 2015 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.22\nnotified LR 6 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.22 commenced 16 November 2025 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR6\n16/11/25\nCourt Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nPrescribed tribunal—Act, s 6\ns 3A ins A2006-25 amdt 2.5\nom A2008-36 amdt 1.221\nCorresponding law—Act, s 20, def corresponding law\ns 4 am A2025-29 amdt 3.64\nJudicial authority—Act, s 57, def judicial authority\ns 5 reloc from Evidence Regulation 1992 s 2 by A2005-60\namdt 1.82\nom A2015-50 amdt 3.58\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 6 Court Procedures Regulation 2004\nEffective: 16/11/25\nR6\n16/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n10 Jan 2005\n10 Jan 2005-\n21 Dec 2005\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n22 Dec 2005\n22 Dec 2005–\n30 June 2006\nA2005-60 amendments by\nA2005-60\nR3\n1 July 2006\n1 July 2006–\n1 Feb 2009\nA2006-25 amendments by\nA2006-25\nR4\n2 Feb 2009\n2 Feb 2009–\n8 Dec 2015\nA2008-36 amendments by\nA2008-36\nR5\n9 Dec 2015\n9 Dec 2015–\n15 Nov 2025\nA2015-50 amendments by\nA2015-50\n© Australian Capital Territory 2025","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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What began as a regulation with multiple operational provisions has been reduced to a single declaratory provision about corresponding laws."},"complexity_factors":["Only 1 substantive provision (section 4) containing a simple list of 3 corresponding laws","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references within operative provisions","Total length is approximately 6 pages, almost entirely consisting of administrative endnotes and republication metadata","Legislative history and amendment history comprise the majority of the document content"],"plain_english_summary":"This short ACT regulation declares three laws from the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania to be “corresponding laws” to the ACT’s Court Procedures Act 2004 (Part 4 on Crown proceedings). It affects courts, lawyers and litigants in government-related cases by aligning procedural and evidentiary rules across jurisdictions, promoting consistent treatment of cross-border Crown litigation."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation’s operational scope was altered by amendment to section 4 (see Amendment history and endnotes). Section 4 now declares the Crown Proceedings Acts of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania as corresponding laws for Part 4 of the Act; that list was amended by A2025-29 (amdt 3.64). Other republication and editorial entries update commencement and publication details but do not expand the regulation’s substantive remit beyond naming corresponding laws."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only a name, a notes provision, and a single substantive provision (s 4) declaring corresponding laws","Relies on cross‑references to the parent Act (Court Procedures Act 2004) and other statutes (Crown Proceedings Acts of NT, SA and Tas)","Versioning and interpretive complexity from republication, amendment history and endnotes (commencement dates, amendments A2025-29 and earlier)","Editorial notes and Legislation Act cross‑references affect how to treat notes and uncommenced or modified provisions","Practical application requires checking external instruments listed in s 4 and recent amendments to them"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation names the Court Procedures Regulation 2004 and declares which interstate Crown Proceedings Acts correspond to Part 4 (Crown proceedings) of the Court Procedures Act 2004. It also records that explanatory notes are not operative law and republishes the regulation with its amendment history.\n\nIt affects courts, Crown entities and litigants in the ACT by specifying which external Crown Proceedings laws are treated as corresponding for interpreting and applying the ACT Act; legal actors must cross‑reference those listed laws when handling Crown proceedings."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004","history":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/court-procedures-regulation-2004/documents"}}