Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2018
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 .
27 March 2018C. WARNER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
Elise Archer
Minister for Justice
These regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2018 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
(1) The scale of fees specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 .(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the fee specified in item 4 of Schedule 1 does not regulate the amount a bailiff may charge a judgment creditor.
SCHEDULE 1 - Scale of fees
Amount (Fee units) | 1. | Claim fee – | (a) where the claim is for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action does not exceed $5 000 | 70 | (b) where the claim is for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action exceeds $5 000 | 140 | (c) where the claim is for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 | 35 | (d) for any other claim | 140 | 2. | Counterclaim fee | 70 | 3. | Interlocutory application fee | 25 | 4. | Enforcement process fee | 25 | 5. | Bailiff's fee, payable by judgment debtor, on execution on that debtor of any enforcement process | 105 | 6. | Fee on taxation of bill of costs | 55 | 7. | Transcript fee | 2 (per page) | 8. | Inspection fee for inspection of records or other documents held in registry | 10 | 9. | Fee for copy of records or other documents | 5 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 27 March 2018