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for doing any act is a day on which the office of the Registry is not open in the State or Territory where the act is to be done or may be done the act may be done on the next day the Registry is open.
4.01.6  In calculating any period of time fixed by or under these Rules an act done after 4.00 pm on a day shall be taken to have been done on the next day on which the Registry in the State or Territory where that act was done is open.

4.02  Enlargement and abridgment of time
  Any period of time fixed by or under these Rules may be enlarged or abridged by order of the Court or a Justice whether made before or after the expiration of the time fixed.

4.03  Delays
4.03.1  Where a year or more has elapsed since any party has taken any step in a proceeding, any party desiring the proceeding to continue shall give every other party not less than 1 month's notice in writing of the party's intention to proceed.
4.03.2  Where 3 years or more has elapsed since any party has taken any step in a proceeding, no step shall be taken in the proceeding without the leave of the Court or a Justice.

4.04  Recesses
4.04.1  There shall be a Summer Recess in each year beginning on a day appointed annually by the Justices or a majority of them.
4.04.2  There shall be a Winter Recess in each year beginning on a day appointed annually by the Justices or a majority of them.

4.05  Registry
4.05.1  The office hours of the Registry are as provided in a Practice Direction.
4.05.2  A Registrar may, and if directed to do so by a Justice shall, open the Registry at any time for urgent business.

4.06  Use of Seals
4.06.1  The Seal of the Court shall be in the form:
4.06.2  The Seal of the Court shall be affixed to:
 (a) Rules of Court made by the Justices;
 (b) writs of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus;
 (c) writs of summons and any other writs, and commissions and process;
 (d) any document which is not to be served on a party to a proceeding but is for use outside Australia;
 (e) any other document to which the Court or a Justice directs it to be affixed.

4.07  Custody of and access to documents and records
4.07.1  The Registrar is to have the custody of:
 (a) each document issued by or filed in the Court; and
 (b) the records of the Court kept in the Registry.
4.07.2  The Registrar must keep proper indexes to the documents issued by or filed in