District Court Act 1973 District Court (Fees) Amendment Regulation 1999 (1999-574) [GG No 124 of 29.10.1999, p 10240] (NSW)

1999 No 574

District Court (Fees) Amendment New South Wales

Regulation 1999

under the

District Court Act 1973

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the District Court Act 1973.

J. W. SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to increase certain court fees set out in the District Court (Fees) Regulation 1993 to be paid to a registrar in respect of the business of the District Court under the District Court Act 1973, and
(b)	to fix a fee of $50 fore making interlocutory or other applications in or for the purpose of or in relation to a cause of action.

This Regulation is made under the District Court Act 1973, including section 150

(Regulations: Court fees).

Published in Gazette No 124 of 29 October 1999, page 10240	Page 1
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Clause 1	District Court (Fees) Amendment Regulation 1999

District Court (Fees) Amendment Regulation 1999

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the District Court (Fees) Amendment Regulation

1999.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 1999.

3 Amendment of District Court (Fees) Regulation 1993

The District Court (Fees) Regulation 1993 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 1

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 1 Court fees

(Clause 3)

$

1

(1)

Filing a statement of claim or any other originating

process (other than the filing of an originating

process referred to in paragraph (b)) 377

(2)

Filing an originating process by way of a notice of

appeal 157

(3)

Filing a notice of cross-claim or third or subsequent

party notice 377

2

Filing notice of motion under Part 16 of the District

Court Rules 1973 (not being a filing referred to in

item 1) 50

3

(1)

Filing a requisition for a civil trial by a jury (to be

paid by the party requesting a jury) 645

(2)

Daily retention fee (to be paid by the party

requesting a jury for each day a jury is required after

the first day of a civil trial) 294

4

Making a copy of any document, for each page	2
(minimum fee	10)

5

Supply of duplicate tape recording of

sound-recorded evidence, for each cassette 30

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Schedule 1 Amendment

$

6                For each copy of the transcript of any proceedings:

(a) for each page, where the matter being

transcribed is under 3 months old	6.50
(minimum fee for 1 to 8 pages	56)

(b)

for each page, where the matter being

transcribed is 3 months old or older	7.50
(minimum fee for 1 to 8 pages	66)

7	Service or attempted service of any process or other document, including service by post and preparation of an affidavit of service—for each address at which service of the process or other document is effected or attempted	35
8	Execution or attempted execution of any writ or
warrant—for each address at which execution of the
writ or warrant is effected or attempted	48
9	Disbursements in executing or attempting to execute	
a writ of execution, including a fee for keeping
possession	 As
10	Levy on a writ of execution	prescribed by the
11	For work undertaken in preparing for a sale of land	Scale of

on instructions from a judgment creditor—if sale		Fees under
does not proceed		the Sheriff
Act 1900

12             The travelling expenses incurred by officers in conveying an arrested person to prison or to court

13             Attending a view by a jury (to be paid by the party

making the request) 

14              On referral for hearing by an arbitrator under the

Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act 1983 (to be paid

equally between the parties) 480
15	Filing an application for an order under section 18A (1) of the Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act 1983 for the rehearing of an action referred for arbitration 366

NOTE: This amount is subject to any provision of the District Court Rules 1973 providing for the refund of the whole or any part of this amount.

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Amendment Schedule 1

$

16	(a)	To issue a subpoena for production	48
(b)	To issue a subpoena for production and to give
evidence	48
(c)	To issue a subpoena to give evidence	23

BY AUTHORITY

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