County Court (Court Fees) (Further Amendment) Order 1998 (Vic)

County Court (Court Fees) (Further Amendment)

Order 1998

S.R. No. 145/1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

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

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STATUTORY RULES 1998

S.R. No. 145/1998

County Court Act 1958

County Court (Court Fees) (Further Amendment)

Order 1998

The Governor in Council makes the following Order:
Dated: 24 November 1998

Responsible Minister:

JAN WADE

Attorney-General

STACEY ROBERTSON

Acting 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 December

1998.

4. New Schedule substituted

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

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"SCHEDULE

FEES OF COURT

No. Item $

1.	(a)	For filing originating process	400.00
(b)	For issuing an originating adoption	170.00
summons
(c)	For filing an interlocutory	150.00
application
(d)	For filing an application for the	105.00
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
(e)	For filing an application for the	170.00
approval of a proposed change of name of a child under section 26(4) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996
2.	For filing a counterclaim or defence	400.00
and counterclaim
3.	For filing a subpoena	57.00
4.	For filing judgment in default of	115.00
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	29.00
Registrar
6.	For every search of documents not	18.00
otherwise provided for
7.	For every search of registers or	18.00
suitors' books, for each month or part of a month requested to be searched

No. Item $

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8.	For every affidavit or affirmation	7.00
taken before the Registrar as such
9.	For every sitting of an officer of the	45.00
Court at mediation— for each hour or part of an hour
10.	For each sitting of an officer of the	55.00
Court at pre-trial conference
11.	On setting down for trial	170.00
12.	For hearing at trial by Judge or	170.00
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	38.00
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	145.00
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	68.00
exceeding $200
for every additional $100, or	11.50
part of $100

No.	Item	$
17.	For every application by a judgment	33.00

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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

18.	On transfer of a proceeding from the	$400—less
Magistrates' Court	any fee paid to the Magistrates' Court on commence- ment of the proceeding.".

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NOTES

1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 30/1996 as amended by S.R. Nos 113/1997 and 102/1998.