Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012
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 December 2012PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
BRIAN WIGHTMAN
Minister for Justice
These regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012 .
These regulations take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2008 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Schedule 1 amended (Court fees)
Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting items 1 and 2 and substituting the following:
1.
Filing fee for –
(a) a claim for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action does not exceed $5 000
70
(b) a claim for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action exceeds $5 000
140
(c) a claim other than for a sum of money
140
(d) a claim for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997
35
1A.
Filing fee for a counterclaim
70
1B.
Filing fee for an interlocutory application
25
2.
Filing fee on any enforcement process
25
(b) by omitting items 4 and 5 and substituting the following:
4.
Bailiff's fee on execution of any enforcement process
105
5.
Fee on taxation of bill of costs
55
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 December 2012
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2008 by increasing certain fees payable under the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 and prescribing new fees payable under that Act.