Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 (NSW)
This Regulation is the Civil Procedure Regulation 2017.
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2017 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
This Regulation replaces the Civil Procedure Regulation 2012, which is repealed on 1 September 2017 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
In this Regulation—
The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation.
Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
This clause applies in relation to civil proceedings in the following courts—
(a) the Supreme Court,
(b) the Land and Environment Court,
(c) the District Court,
(d) the Local Court.
The fee that a person must pay in respect of a matter referred to in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is—
(a) the fee specified in respect of that matter in Column 2 of that Schedule, or
(b) if the person is a corporation or an incorporated partnership and a fee is specified in respect of that matter in Column 3 of that Schedule, the fee so specified.
The fees in relation to particular courts are set out in Parts 1–4 of Schedule 1. The fees common to all courts are set out in Part 5 of that Schedule.
A fee specified in Schedule 1 is expressed as a fee unit unless otherwise specified.
For the avoidance of doubt, the fee payable by a corporation or an incorporated partnership that commences or carries on proceedings in the name of a natural person pursuant to a right of subrogation is the fee applicable to a corporation or an incorporated partnership.
Despite subclauses (2) and (3), the fee payable by a corporation or an incorporated partnership that produces evidence, satisfactory to a registrar of the court—
(a) that its turnover, in the financial year of the corporation or incorporated partnership immediately preceding the financial year in which the fees are to be taken, was less than $200,000, or
(b) if the corporation or incorporated partnership has not been in existence for a full financial year, that its turnover in its first financial year is likely to be less than $200,000,
is the fee specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1.
Despite subclause (2), no fee is payable in relation to the filing of notice of motion for any of the following—
(a) an application for the issue of any process for which a fee is otherwise payable under Schedule 1,
(b) an application for an instalment order,
(c) an application for a writ of execution,
(d) an application for a garnishee order,
(e) an application for a charging order,
(f) an application for a default judgment,
(g) any application in relation to proceedings in the Local Court sitting in its Small Claims Division other than an application for an examination order.
Despite subclause (2), no fee is payable in relation to the filing of an originating process by which a question of law is referred to the Supreme Court for decision under—
(a) section 61 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, or
(b) section 659A of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
(Repealed)
(Repealed)
The fee that a person must pay in relation to a matter referred to in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is the fee specified in respect of that matter in Column 2 of that Schedule.
For the Act, section 18(1)(a), (c), (e) and (f), the fee payable by a person in relation to matters specified in those paragraphs must be adjusted for inflation in accordance with Schedule 3.
In any civil proceedings in the Admiralty List in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court, a fee is payable to the Marshal in Admiralty in relation to any matter for which a fee is payable to the Sheriff in any other civil proceedings.
The fee payable to the Marshal in Admiralty in relation to the matter is the same as the fee payable to the Sheriff in relation to that matter.
Any fee imposed by Schedule 1 or 2 (other than a hearing allocation fee or hearing fee) is payable by the person at whose request the relevant document is filed or service rendered—
(a) in the case of a fee imposed by Schedule 1—to the registrar of the court, and
(b) in the case of a fee imposed by Schedule 2—to the registrar of the court or to the Sheriff.
For the purposes of subclause (1), the fee imposed by item 2 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 is taken to be payable by the person who served the notice to produce under Part 34 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.
If a document is filed or service rendered at the request of a person acting as agent for another person, each of those persons is jointly and severally liable for payment of any fee.
For the purposes only of subclause (3), a solicitor or other person by whom a person is carrying on proceedings is taken to be acting as an agent for that person.
A fee imposed by Schedule 1 or 2 (other than a hearing allocation fee or hearing fee) becomes due when the document concerned is filed or the service concerned is rendered.
Despite subclause (1), a registrar who is requested to file a document or render a service may require the fee to be paid before the document is filed or the service rendered.
This clause applies in relation to civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the District Court.
A hearing allocation fee in relation to any proceedings is payable—
(a) if the court makes an order as to the payment of the fee—by the parties in the proportions so ordered, or
(b) if the hearing involves a cross-claim only—by the cross-claimant, or
(c) in any other case—by the plaintiff (and not by any cross-claimant).
If a party is carrying on proceedings by a solicitor or other person, the party and solicitor or other person are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the hearing allocation fee.
A hearing allocation fee is not payable in relation to an interlocutory hearing or to a trial for the assessment of damages only.
A hearing allocation fee becomes payable—
(a) immediately after a date is allocated for hearing the proceedings, or
(b) when the court or a registrar notifies the parties in writing of the court’s intention to allocate a date for hearing the proceedings,
whichever first occurs.
This clause applies in relation to civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the District Court.
A hearing fee in relation to any proceedings is payable—
(a) if the court makes an order as to the payment of the fee—by the parties in the proportions so ordered, or
(b) if the hearing involves a cross-claim only—by the cross-claimant, or
(c) in any other case—by the plaintiff (and not by any cross-claimant).
If a party is carrying on proceedings by a solicitor or other person, the party and solicitor or other person are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the hearing fee.
A hearing fee is not payable in relation to a hearing that has as its sole purpose the delivery of a reserved judgment.
A hearing fee becomes payable when the court or a registrar gives written notice to the person liable to pay the hearing fee of the amount of the fee payable.
The registrar of the court may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or part of a fee payable to the registrar be waived, postponed or remitted, subject to any conditions the registrar thinks fit to impose.
The Sheriff may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or part of a fee payable to the Sheriff be waived, postponed or remitted, subject to any conditions the Sheriff thinks fit to impose.
The powers conferred by this clause are to be exercised in accordance with any guidelines published by the Attorney General.
The taking of a fee in respect of the business of the court in relation to proceedings involving a pro bono party is, if the fee is payable by the party, to be postponed until judgment has been given in the proceedings.
The fee is not to be taken at all, or if taken must be remitted, if—
(a) judgment is against the pro bono party, or
(b) judgment is in favour of the pro bono party, but—
(i) damages are not awarded (or only nominal damages are awarded) in his or her favour, and
(ii) costs are not awarded in his or her favour.
In this clause,
The taking of a fee in respect of the business of the court in relation to proceedings involving a party who is a legally assisted person is, if the fee is payable by the party, to be postponed until judgment has been given in the proceedings.
The fee is not to be taken at all, or if taken must be remitted, if—
(a) judgment is against the legally assisted person, or
(b) judgment is in favour of the legally assisted person, but—
(i) damages are not awarded (or only nominal damages are awarded) in his or her favour, and
(ii) costs are not awarded in his or her favour.
In this clause,
(a) legal assistance through a community legal service within the meaning of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), or
(b) legal aid under the Legal Aid Commission Act 1979.
(Repealed)
The registrar of a court may delegate to any person the exercise of any of the functions conferred on the registrar by this Regulation, other than this power of delegation.
The Sheriff may delegate to any person the exercise of any of the functions conferred on the Sheriff by this Regulation, other than this power of delegation.
Any civil proceedings for which the Local Court has jurisdiction under section 91 of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 are excluded from the operation of sections 19–86 and 88–149 of the Act.
Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Civil Procedure Regulation 2012, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.
To avoid doubt, the amendments made by the Justice Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2023 do not apply to a fee charged before 1 August 2023.
clause 4
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Standard fee (in fee units) | Corporation fee (in fee units) |
1 | Originating process, except as specified in item 2 or 5–7 | 11.69 | 32 |
2 | Originating process for an application for a grant of representation, or a reseal of a grant of representation, in relation to an estate with a sworn gross value of — | ||
| Nil | — | |
| 7.78 | — | |
| 10.56 | — | |
| 16.2 | — | |
| 21.58 | — | |
| 35.97 | — | |
| 59.96 | — | |
3 | Notice of motion | 6.47 | 12.95 |
4 | Application for rehearing under the Act, Part 5, Division 3 | 6.86 | 13.72 |
5 | Notice of intention to appeal | 3.35 | 7.64 |
6 | Summons seeking leave to appeal or cross-summons seeking leave to cross-appeal, in proceedings where— | ||
| 11.95 | 23.39 | |
| 15.30 | 31.02 | |
7 | Notice of appeal or notice of cross appeal— | ||
| 23.59 | 47.82 | |
| 35.54 | 71.24 | |
| 38.88 | 78.88 | |
8 | Filing a requisition for trial with a jury | 12.07 | 24.14 |
9 | Retaining a jury after the first day of trial, for each day | 5.49 | 10.98 |
10 | Allocating a date for the hearing of proceedings | 23.33 | 53.32 |
11 | Hearing of proceedings, for each of the following days, including a part of a day— | ||
| 9.3 | 21.33 | |
| 14.94 | 37.05 | |
| 30.09 | 73.12 | |
12 | Notice of intention to apply for a grant of representation or a reseal of a grant of representation— | ||
| 0.48 | — | |
| 0.19 | — | |
13 | Notice of intended distribution— | ||
| 0.48 | — | |
| 0.19 | — | |
14 | Notice of application for passing accounts— | ||
| 0.48 | — | |
| 0.19 | — | |
15 | Referring proceedings for arbitration under the Act, Part 5, Division 2 | 9.01 | — |
16 | Preparing appeal papers, for each volume of not more than 250 pages the registrar orders to be printed | 7.88 | 15.76 |
17 | Copy of a will | 0.64 | — |
18 | Genealogical search on a probate file, for each file searched | 1.25 | — |
19 | Searching an application for a grant of representation or a reseal of a grant of representation, for each file searched | 0.64 | — |
20 | Lodging a caveat against an application for a grant of representation or reseal of a grant of representation | 0.46 | 0.92 |
21 | Adoption search, for each file searched | 0.64 | — |
22 | Registrar’s certificate for a public notary’s signature | 0.64 | — |
23 | Reissuing of a court document to a legally represented party because of the party’s error | 0.46 | 0.92 |
Fees payable in relation to proceedings before the Land and Environment Court in Class 5, 6 or 7 of its jurisdiction are set out in the Criminal Procedure Regulation 2017, Schedule 2, Part 1.
In this Part—
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Standard fee (in fee units) | Corporation fee (in fee units) |
1 | In Class 1, except as specified in item 2 | 9.96 | 19.92 |
2 | In Class 1, if the matter relates to an appeal under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, section 8.7, and the value of the development is— | ||
| 9.96 | 19.92 | |
| 45.49 | 60.43 | |
| 56.83 | 75.48 | |
3 | In Class 2, except as specified in item 4 | 9.96 | 19.92 |
4 | In Class 2, if the matter relates to an application under the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 | 2.59 | 5.18 |
5 | In Class 3, except as specified in item 6 or 7 | 9.96 | 19.92 |
6 | In Class 3, if— | ||
| |||
| |||
| 3.50 | 7 | |
| 5.49 | 10.98 | |
| 9.96 | 19.92 | |
7 | In Class 3, if—
| ||
| 9.96 | 19.92 | |
| 45.49 | 60.43 | |
| 56.83 | 75.48 | |
8 | In Class 4 | 9.96 | 19.92 |
9 | In Class 8, except as specified in item 10 | 9.96 | 19.92 |
10 | In Class 8, if the matter relates to small-scale title within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992 | 2.59 | 5.18 |
11 | Process to commence an appeal to the Land and Environment Court under the Land and Environment Court Act 1979, section 56A | 23.14 | 46.28 |
12 | Notice of motion | 2.31 | 4.62 |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Standard fee (in fee units) | Corporation fee (in fee units) |
1 | Originating process, except as specified in item 2 | 9.07 | 18.15 |
2 | Originating process for an appeal | 2.92 | 5.84 |
3 | Application for an order for the rehearing of proceedings under the Act, Part 5, Division 3 | 6.86 | 13.72 |
4 | Notice of motion | 1.49 | 2.98 |
5 | Filing a requisition for trial with a jury | 12.13 | 24.26 |
6 | Retaining a jury after the first day of a trial, for each day | 5.49 | 10.98 |
7 | Allocating a date for hearing of proceedings | 10.51 | 21.02 |
8 | Hearing of proceedings, for each of the following days, including a part of a day— | ||
| 7.72 | 15.44 | |
| 10.85 | 21.7 | |
| 15.77 | 31.54 | |
9 | Referring proceedings to arbitration under the Act, Part 5, Division 2 | 8.97 | — |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Standard fee (in fee units) | Corporation fee |
1 | Originating process under the Local Court Act 2007, Part 3, in the Local Court sitting in its— | ||
| 3.0 | Double the standard fee | |
| 1.45 | Double the standard fee | |
2 | Application notice under the Local Court Act 2007, Part 4 | 0.99 | — |
3 | Application for an order for the rehearing of proceedings under the Act, Part 5, Division 3 | 4.55 | Double the standard fee |
4 | Notice of appeal, or application for leave to appeal, to the District Court under the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001, Part 3, as applied to proceedings under the Local Court Act 2007, Part 4— | ||
| 1.22 | — | |
| 0.64 | — | |
5 | Notice of motion | 0.92 | Double the standard fee |
6 | Service, or attempted service, by the Court by post, for each address to which process is posted | 0.45 | — |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Standard fee (in fee units) | Corporation fee |
1 | Issuing a subpoena for production, to give evidence, or both | 1.09 | Double the standard fee |
2 | Receipt by the registrar of a document or thing produced in compliance with a notice to produce under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, Part 34 | 1.09 | Double the standard fee |
3 | Request to the registrar to issue a notice to produce under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, Part 34 | 1.09 | Double the standard fee |
4 | Requesting production to the court of documents held by another court | 0.64 | Double the standard fee |
5 | Retrieving, providing access to and supplying a copy of a document, except as specified in items 6, 7 and 9— | ||
| 0.13 | — | |
|
0.07 | — | ||
6 | Supplying 1 or more sealed or certified copies of—
| 0.64 | — |
7 | Retrieving and providing access to, but not supplying a copy of, a file or box of files, if the file or box of files is retrieved from an off-site storage facility— | ||
| 0.85 | — | |
| 0.85 plus the additional cost incurred by the court | — | |
8 | Application to the registrar by a non-party to the proceedings for leave to access the court file for the proceedings, if the file must be retrieved from an off-site storage facility | 0.46 | Double the standard fee |
9 | Supplying a copy of a transcript of proceedings— | ||
| |||
| 0.95 | — | |
| 0.11 | — | |
| |||
| 1.16 | — | |
| 0.13 | — | |
10 | Supplying a duplicate recording of sound-recorded evidence, for each disc | 0.55 | — |
11 | Entering a judgment, order, determination, decree, adjudication or award in accordance with the Act, section 133 | 0.98 | Double the standard fee |
12 | Civil litigation search, for each name of company or individual searched | 0.46 | Double the standard fee |
13 | Amending a document on the NSW Online Registry website, for each document amended | 0.19 | — |
14 | Opening or keeping open the registry or part of the registry—
| 7.81 | Double the standard fee |
15 | Providing an administrative service for which a fee is not otherwise imposed by this Schedule, if the registrar approves the charging of a fee | 0.46 | Double the standard fee |
(Repealed)
clause 5
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Fee |
1 | Serving or attempting service of a document, other than a document specified in items 2–6, including service by post and preparation of affidavit of service, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, service is effected or attempted | 0.7 |
2 | Executing or attempting execution of an arrest warrant under the Act, section 97, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, execution is effected or attempted | 0.9 |
3 | Executing or attempting execution of a writ of possession under the Act, Part 8, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, execution is effected or attempted | 3.67 |
4 | Executing or attempting execution of a writ of delivery under the Act, Part 8, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, execution is effected or attempted | 0.9 |
5 | Executing or attempting execution of a writ for the levy of property under the Act, Part 8, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, execution is effected or attempted, plus 3% of the proceeds of enforcement The 3% levy is not payable in relation to writs executed by the Marshal in Admiralty. | 0.9 |
6 | Executing or attempting execution of a court process, other than a warrant or writ specified in item 2, 3, 4 or 5, for each address at which, and each occasion on which, execution is effected or attempted | 3.67 |
7 | Providing Sheriff’s officers to guard property seized under a writ of execution under the Act, Part 8, for each Sheriff’s officer for each day | 4.92 |
8 | Preparing for the sale of land after receiving a notice of sale from a judgment creditor under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rule 39.22 | 9.02 |
9 | Certifying a copy of a writ for the levy of property for registration under the Real Property Act 1900, section 105 and supplying the copy | 0.27 |
10 | Attending a view ordered by a judge under the Evidence Act 1995, section 53 in civil proceedings if a jury will be present | 1.96 |
11 | Conducting a debt search on a judgment debt registered with the Sheriff’s office for enforcement, for each name of a company or individual searched | 0.64 |
12 | Opening or keeping open the Sheriff’s office—
| 7.9 |
13 | Retrieving, providing access to and supplying a copy of a document, except as specified in item 9— | |
| 0.13 | |
| 0.07 |
clause 5A
In this schedule—
In this regulation, a fee unit is—
(a) in the financial year 2023–2024—$110.93, and
(b) in each subsequent financial year—the amount calculated as follows—
where—
A is the CPI number for the December quarter in the financial year immediately preceding the financial year for which the amount is calculated.B is the CPI number for the December quarter of 2022.
The amount of a fee unit is to be rounded to the nearest cent and an amount of 0.5 cent is to be rounded down.
However, if the amount of a fee unit calculated for any financial year is less than the amount that applied for the previous financial year, then the amount for that previous financial year applies instead.
Fee unit amount calculated under this clause—
Financial year | Fee unit amount |
2024–25 | $115.59 |
The amount of a fee calculated by reference to a fee unit is to be rounded to the nearest dollar and an amount of 50 cents is to be rounded down.
As soon as practicable after the CPI number for the December quarter is published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Secretary is required to—
(a) notify the Parliamentary Counsel of the amount of the fee unit for the next financial year so that notice of that amount can be published on the NSW legislation website, and
(b) give public notice on an appropriate government website of the actual amounts of the fees applying in each financial year resulting from the application of the amount of a fee unit calculated under this schedule.
This schedule operates to change an amount of a fee that is calculated by reference to a fee unit and that change is not dependent on the notification or other notice required by this clause.
Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 (435). LW 25.8.2017. Date of commencement, 1.9.2017, cl 2. This Regulation has been amended as follows—
(313) | Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2018. LW 29.6.2018. Date of commencement, 1.7.2018, cl 2. | |
(327) | Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2019. LW 11.7.2019. Date of commencement, 11.7.2019, cl 2. | |
(303) | Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2020. LW 26.6.2020. Date of commencement, 1.7.2020, cl 2. | |
(735) | Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation (No 2) 2020. LW 18.12.2020. Date of commencement, 1.1.2021, cl 2. | |
(323) | Justice Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2021. LW 25.6.2021. Date of commencement, 1.7.2021, cl 2. | |
(123) | Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2022. LW 1.4.2022. Date of commencement, 1.4.2022, sec 2. | |
(335) | Justice Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2022. LW 1.7.2022. Date of commencement, 1.7.2022, sec 2. | |
(379) | Justice Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2023. LW 7.7.2023. Date of commencement, 1.8.2023, sec 2. | |
No 39 | Justice Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2023. Assented to 30.10.2023. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
No 41 | Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023. Assented to 5.12.2023. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2024, sec 2 and 2024 (131) LW 26.4.2024. |
Cl 3 | Am 2022 (335), Sch 2[1]; 2023 (379), Sch 1[1]. |
Cl 4 | Am 2022 (335), Sch 2[2]; 2023 No 41, Sch 2.7. |
Cl 4A | Ins 2022 (335), Sch 2[3]. Rep 2023 (379), Sch 1[2]. |
Cl 5A | Ins 2023 (379), Sch 1[3]. |
Cl 14 | Rep 2023 No 39, Sch 6.6. |
Cl 18 | Ins 2023 (379), Sch 1[4]. |
Sch 1 | Subst 2018 (313), Sch 1; 2019 (327), Sch 1; 2020 (303), Sch 1. Am 2020 (735), Sch 1[1]–[5]. Subst 2021 (323), Sch 2[1]. Am 2022 (123), Sch 1[1]–[9]. Subst 2022 (335), Sch 2[4]. Am 2023 (379), Sch 1[5] [6]. |
Sch 2 | Subst 2018 (313), Sch 1; 2019 (327), Sch 1; 2020 (303), Sch 1; 2021 (323), Sch 2[2]. Am 2023 (379), Sch 1[7]–[9]. |
Sch 3 | Ins 2023 (379), Sch 1[10]. |
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