Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2008
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 .
17 March 2008W. J. E. COX
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Justice
These regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2008 .
These regulations take effect on 30 March 2008.
In these regulations –Act means the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 .
The scale of fees specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
(1) The bailiff's fee referred to in item 4 of Schedule 1 is the fee that a bailiff may charge a judgment debtor.(2) The fee does not regulate the amount a bailiff may charge a judgment creditor.
SCHEDULE 1 - Court fees
Regulations 4 and 5
Item | Fee | Amount (fee units) | 1. | Filing fee for – | (a) a claim for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action does not exceed $5 000 | 65 | (b) a claim for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action exceeds $5 000 | 78 | (c) a claim other than for a sum of money | 78 | (d) a claim for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 | 30 | 2. | Filing fee on any enforcement process | 15 | 3. | Service fee on any process – | (a) by personal service (if required under the rules of court) | 60 | (b) by other manner of service | 30 | 4. | Bailiff's fee on execution of any enforcement process | 100 | 5. | Fee on taxation of bill of costs | 45 | 6. | Fee for any transcript (each page) | 2 | 7. | Fee for inspection of records or other documents held in registry | 10 | 8. | Fee for copy of records or other documents supplied by registrar | 5 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 March 2008
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations –(a) prescribe the scale of fees for the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 ; and(b) are made consequentially on the repeal of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 1998 under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .