ACAT’s Operations for the Christmas Period Shutdown 2021-2022
ACAT’s Christmas Period Shutdown
	
The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) will close at 1:00pm on Friday, 24 December 2021 and re-open at 9:00am on Tuesday, 4 January 2022 (the shutdown period).

How to lodge an Application during the shutdown period
	
Applications can be lodged during the shutdown period by email sent to tribunal@act.gov.au.  Keep a copy of the email you send to us.
Any applicable fee for lodgements made by email must be paid to the registry by 4:00pm on Thursday, 6 January 2022.  
Find out more about fees here: https://www.acat.act.gov.au/fees-and-forms/acat-fees.

Registrar’s List – Motions, Directions and Subpoenas
	
The last Registrar’s list for 2021 will be held on Tuesday, 21 December 2021.  The list will resume on Tuesday, 4 January 2022.  Any applications will be dealt with on days when ACAT is open. 

Appeals of ACAT Decisions, Administrative Review, Discrimination, Occupational Regulation, Motor Accident Injuries, Change of Identity Details for Young People and Conversion Practice Complaints 
	
Listings will not occur during the shutdown period. All applications will be dealt with on days when ACAT is open.
Any applications that need to be lodged (due to the expiry of a time limit) during the shutdown period should follow the process outlined above under the heading How to lodge or file an Application during the shutdown.

Energy and Water
	
The last meetings for 2021 for Energy and Water hardship applications will be held on Wednesday 15 December 2021. Meetings will resume on Wednesday 12 January 2022. 
Energy and Water complaints will be dealt with as usual, except during the shutdown period.

Guardianship and Management of Property and Mental Health Applications
	
The last Guardianship and Management of Property hearing list at ACAT’s premises for 2021 will be held on Tuesday 21 December 2021 and will resume on Tuesday 11 January 2022.
The last Guardianship and Management of Property hearing list at the Canberra Hospital for 2021 (in person or by telephone) will be on Friday 24 December 2021.  The last Guardianship and Management of Property hearing list at the University of Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public Hospital for 2021 (in person or by telephone) will be on Friday 17 December 2021.
The last Mental Health hearing list for 2021 at ACAT’s premises (held by telephone) will be held on Thursday 23 December 2021. Mental Health hearings at ACAT premises (held by telephone) will resume on Tuesday 4 January 2022.
Mental Health hearings for inpatients at the Adult Mental Health Unit at the Canberra Hospital during the holiday shutdown period will be held in person on Monday 27 December and Thursday 30 December 2021. If any applications relating to inpatients at Calvary Hospital need to be heard, arrangements will be made to do so at the Canberra Hospital, or at ACAT premises by audio visual link or telephone.
Information about arrangements in place for urgent applications during the shutdown period will be sent out all the stakeholders in the first week of December 2021.	

Civil, Residential Tenancy (rental properties), Unit Titles and Retirement Villages Disputes
	
The last hearing list for this year will be held on Friday, 17 December 2022. The only lists for the weeks 20-24 December 2021 and 4-7 January 2022 will be the Registrar’s list, Unit Titles and Retirement Villages directions list. Hearing lists will resume on Monday, 10 January 2022. 
For more information on dates for the Registrar’s list please see page 1 under the heading Registrar’s list – Motions, Directions and Subpoenas.
The last conferences will be listed on Friday, 17 December 2021 and will resume on Monday, 10 January 2022. 
Urgent applications will be dealt with on days the registry is open from Tuesday 4 January 2022.
Applications for default judgment which are lodged over the shutdown period will be processed from Tuesday 4 January 2022, to allow for delays in the delivery of mail over this period.
The final Residential Tenancy termination and possession hearing list in 2021 will be held on Thursday 16 December. The first Residential Tenancy termination and possession hearing list in 2022 will be held on Thursday 13 January.

Where to get more information about ACAT
	
For more information about ACAT, including application forms, visit www.acat.gov.au or email tribunal@act.gov.au.