Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003

Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 .

29 September 2003

G. S. M. Green

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

Judy Jackson

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 1998 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 substituted

Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 ;

fee unit means a fee unit within the meaning of the Fee Units Act 1997 .

5.    Schedule 1 substituted

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Court fees

Regulations 4 and 5

1.	Filing fee for –
	(a) claim for a sum of money:
	Amount claimed in the action
	$1 – $5 000	65 fee units
	$5 001 and above	78 fee units
	(b) claim other than for a sum of money	78 fee units
2.	Filing fee on any enforcement process	15 fee units
3.	Service fee on any process –
	personal service (if required under the Rules of Court)	55 fee units
	any other manner of service	25 fee units
4.	Bailiff's fee on execution of any enforcement process	90 fee units
5.	Fee on taxation of bill of costs	40 fee units
6.	Fee for any transcript (each page)	2 fee units
7.	Fee for inspection of records or other documents held in registry	10 fee units
8.	Fee for copy of records or other documents supplied by registrar	5 fee units

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 3 October 2003

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 1998 by inserting a new prescribed scale of court fees for the purpose of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 .