County Court (Court Fees) (Amendment) Order 1997 (Vic)

County Court (Court Fees) (Amendment) Order

1997

S.R. No. 113/1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	Commencement	1
4.	New Schedule substituted	1
SCHEDULE	2

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STATUTORY RULES 1997

S.R. No. 113/1997

County Court Act 1958

County Court (Court Fees) (Amendment) Order

1997

The Governor in Council makes the following Order:
Dated: 28 October 1997

Responsible Minister:

JAN WADE

Attorney-General

SHARNE BRYAN

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The objective of this Order is to increase the fees
payable in respect of civil proceedings in the

County Court.

2. Authorising provision

This Order is made under section 28 of the

County Court Act 1958.

3. Commencement

This Order comes into operation on 1 November

1997.

4. New Schedule substituted

For the Schedule to the County Court (Court Fees)
Order 19961 substitute—

County Court (Court Fees) (Amendment) Order 1997

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"SCHEDULE
FEES OF COURT

No. Item $

1.	(a)	For filing originating process	385.00
(b)	For issuing an originating adoption	165.00
summons
(c)	For filing an interlocutory	145.00
application
(d)	For filing an application for the	100.00
examination of a judgment debtor under Rule 67.02 or 72.04 or a summons for oral examination under Rule 61.04 of Chapter I of the Rules of the County Court
2.	For filing a counterclaim or defence	385.00
and counterclaim
3.	For filing a subpoena	55.00
4.	For filing judgment in default of	110.00
appearance or pleading or judgment obtained under Order 22, 23, or 24 of Chapter I of the Rules of the
County Court
5.	For every certificate of the	28.00
Registrar
6.	For every search of documents not	17.00
otherwise provided for
7.	For every search of registers or	17.00
suitors' books, for each month or part of a month requested to be searched

8.	For every affidavit or affirmation	7.00
taken before the Registrar as such
9.	For every sitting of an officer of the	44.00
Court at mediation— for each hour or part of an hour
No.	Item	$

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10.	For each sitting of an officer of the	55.00
Court at pre-trial conference
11.	On setting down for trial	165.00
12.	For hearing at trial by Judge or	165.00
Judge with jury— for every day or part of a day (except that where a fee has been paid under item 11 no fee is payable for the first day or first part of that day)
13.	Copies of Judges Notes or office	7.00
copies of any proceedings whatever, each page
14.	For registrar fixing date and time of	37.00
sitting for taxing costs
15.	For each sitting of the Registrar taxing costs (otherwise than on a judgment by default or consent) taking accounts or evidence, making enquiries or acting as a special examiner—

for every hour or part of an	140.00
hour
if at any place other than the	1.50
Registrar's offices, for every kilometre or part of a kilometre travelled, one way

16.   For auditing receiver's accounts—

for any sum in account not	65.00
exceeding $200
for every additional $100, or	11.00
part of $100

17.	For every application by a judgment	32.00
creditor under section 6 or 8 of the Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984 or for the filing by a judgment creditor of an instalment agreement under section 7 of that Act
No.	Item	$

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18.	On transfer of a proceeding from the	$385— less
Magistrates' Court	any fee paid to the Magistrates' Court on commenceme nt of the proceeding.".

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S.R. No. 113/1997 Notes

NOTES

1 S.R. No. 30/1996.