District Courts Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 294 District Courts Act 1967 DISTRICT COURTS AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of s 3 (Fees determined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Court fees for civil proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Replacement of schs 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SCHEDULE 1 FEES FOR CONTINUING CIVIL PROCEEDINGS STARTED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 1982 SCHEDULE 2 FEES FOR CIVIL PROCEEDINGS STARTED ON OR AFTER 1 OCTOBER 1982 SCHEDULE 3 FEES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION APPROVALS

s1 2 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the District Courts Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1996 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 November 1996. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the District Courts Regulation 1993 . ˙ Replacement of s 3 (Fees determined) 4. Section 3— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Court fees for civil proceedings ‘ 3. The fees prescribed under section 127 of the Act are in schedules 1 to 3.’. ˙ Replacement of schs 1–3 5. Schedules 1 to 3— omit, insert — ‘ SCHEDULE 1 ‘ FEES FOR CONTINUING CIVIL PROCEEDINGS STARTED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 1982 sections 3 and 4(1)

s5 3 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Sealing 1. Sealing a third party notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Sealing a renewed or amended plaint (other than an originating plaint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Sealing another document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subpoena 4. Issuing a subpoena naming up to 3 persons . . . . . . . . . . 5. If more than 3 persons are named in the subpoena—for each additional person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summons 6. Issuing a summons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filing 7. Filing certificate of compulsory conference . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Filing entry of appearance and defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Filing a special case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Filing an affidavit or deposition in an action or matter . . . 11. Filing each exhibit referred to in an affidavit or deposition 12. Maximum fee under item 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. Filing a notice of discontinuance of an action or counterclaim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. Filing a copy notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Filing an entry of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. Filing a document (other than an initiating process) for which no other fee is specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. Filing a judgment or order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant 18. Issuing a warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documents for safe custody etc. 19. Depositing, in a cause or matter, a document for safe custody or to be impounded—each document . . . . . . . . . 20. Delivering out a document mentioned in item 19 . . . . . . $ 12.50 12.50 22.00 12.50 4.00 12.50 9.00 50.00 26.00 9.00 2.00 16.00 12.50 22.00 50.00 9.00 37.00 50.00 9.00 9.00

s5 4 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Miscellaneous 21. Memorandum of a registrar (rule 342) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. Fiat of a judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. Signing, settling or approving an advertisement (other than an advertisement of sale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. Items 4 to 28 and 32 to 39 of schedule 2 also apply. 12.50 12.50 26.00 ‘ SCHEDULE 2 ‘ FEES FOR CIVIL PROCEEDINGS STARTED ON OR AFTER 1 OCTOBER 1982 sections 3 and 4(2) and (3) Initiating process 1. Filing a plaint or originating application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140.00 Hearing 2. (1) Entering an action for trial before a judge, with or without a jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) This fee is in addition to any fee under the JuryAct 1929 . 215.00 Appeals etc. 3. Filing a notice of demurrer, special case, notice of appeal or other document instituting an appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 Opening registry 4. For opening the registry or keeping the registry open after hours— (a) on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or court holiday 215.00

s5 5 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 (b) on another day— (i) before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii)between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.00 107.00 107.00 Copies 5. For each page of an office copy of a record of the court or a document or exhibit filed in the registry . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Maximum fee under item 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Sealing and certifying copy of a document or exhibit mentioned in item 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. For each page of a copy of reasons for judgment issued out of the registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 40.00 36.00 1.60 Certificates 9. Certificate of the registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00 Attendance 10. (1) For an officer to attend (with or without subpoena) with a record or document at a court or place out of the court building—for each day or part of a day the officer is necessarily absent from the registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The reasonable travelling and other expenses of the officer are also payable. 11. Attending a view not more than 8 km from the court . . . 12. Attending a view more than 8 km from the court—each day or part of a day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.00 57.00 107.00 Public searches and inspections 13. Searching in a register, index, file or calendar and inspecting documents— (a) each hour or part of an hour occupied . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) maximum search fee for each day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. Inspecting a document or file so as to obtain a precedent—for each document or file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 40.00 10.00

s5 6 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Examination of witnesses and judgment debtors 15. For each witness or judgment debtor sworn or affirmed and examined before an officer of the court in the officer’s office— (a) first hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) each subsequent hour or part of an hour . . . . . . . . . . 16. (1) Examination of a witness or judgment debtor before an officer of the court away from the officer’s office—each day or part of a day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The reasonable travelling and other expenses of the officer are also payable. 54.00 27.00 107.00 Taxation of costs 17. Making an appointment for directions or for taxation of a bill of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. (1) Taxing bill of costs—for each $100 or part of $100 allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Subject to subitem (3), the fee mentioned in subitem (1) is— (a) to be taken on signing the certificate of taxation or on the allowance of the bill of costs as taxed; and (b) if no certificate is required—due and payable on the amount of the bill as taxed or on the amount of such part of the bill as may be taxed; and (c) to be fixed by the registrar; and (d) to be paid by the solicitor or party suing in person. (3) The registrar may require a deposit on account of fees before taxation. (4) The deposit must not be more than the fees payable on the full amount of the costs as submitted for taxation. (5) The registrar must make a memorandum of the deposit on the bill of costs. 19. For a certificate of taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.50 8.00 36.00

s5 7 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Miscellaneous 20. Poundage— (a) on executing a warrant of execution or other process under or because of which an amount is received by the bailiff or execution creditor—5% on the first $200 and 2.5% on the remainder, but not less than . . . . . . (b) on executing a warrant of possession, the same rate of fee as under paragraph (a), determined on annual rent or value, but not less than . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. Receiving and entering a writ of citation, order summons, summons or other documents issued outside the jurisdiction of the court but for service within the jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. Giving notice under rule 151(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. Postal dealing fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23A. (1) Postal dealing fee (for each document lodged for filing by post) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) However, only 1 postal dealing fee is payable for lodging more than 1 document in the same proceeding at the same time. 24. Each copy of a jury panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. Settling and executing a deed of transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. Copy of a call over list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. Issuing a warrant of execution founded on judgment registered under the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cwlth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28. (1) Filing a document not connected with a matter already on record and not otherwise provided for . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) If a fee is paid under subitem (1) in relation to a document, a further fee is not payable under the subitem for filing any subsequent document related to the first document. 29. Drawing an advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. Subject to item 31, the fee mentioned in item 29 is payable to the bailiff if the advertisement is drawn by the bailiff. 31. If the bailiff is a full-time public service officer and draws the advertisement during ordinary working hours, the allowance is to be paid to the court. 50.00 50.00 12.50 26.50 10.00 16.00 9.00 57.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 50.00

s5 8 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Fees payable to bailiff 32. Travelling fees on service of a warrant, process or other document—for each km or part of a km after the first 12 km necessarily travelled from the courthouse to the place of service—one way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. Only 1 travelling fee may be charged if— (a) 2 or more processes lodged at the same time against the same person are served at the same time; or (b) 2 or more persons are served with the same processes at the same time and at the same address. 34. Service or attempted service of plaint, summons, subpoena or other process— (a) for each person served . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) for each additional process served if— (i) 2 or more processes lodged at the same time against the same person are served at the same time; or (ii) 2 or more persons are served with the same process at the same time and at the same address 35. Executing or attempting to execute a warrant—each person (excluding travelling fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36. In relation to matters arising out of the execution of a warrant, for— (a) travelling expenses incurred for each person; or (b) necessary clerical assistance at sales; or (c) advertising; or (d) if livestock is levied upon—cost of food or removal to a place of safe keeping; or (e) necessary assistance to, or expense incurred by, an officer, including the hire of transport, warehouses or yards and out-of-pocket expenses; the amount that the registrar considers was actually and reasonably incurred. 37. (1) For each person left in possession—the amount actually paid, but not more than—for each day . . . . . . . . (2) If board and lodging are not supplied—the expenses that the registrar considers were actually and reasonably incurred. 1.90 26.00 10.00 56.00 56.00

s5 9 s5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 (3) Other actual and necessary payments made by the registrar to secure the safe custody of property under seizure are also allowable. (4) No fee is payable for the custody and possession of property under seizure if the property is not kept in the actual possession of the registrar or the bailiff. 38. (1) The registrar may require a deposit on account of the fees applicable to a proceeding under warrant— (a) before the proceeding is commenced; or (b) at any time during the course of the proceeding. (2) The registrar must deliver a memorandum of the amount deposited to the party making the deposit. 39. (1) Allowance for time necessarily spent after the first hour on— (a) service of a plaint, summons, subpoena or other process or execution of a warrant; or (b) arranging or conducting an auction; each hour or part of an hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) If the bailiff is a full-time public service officer and performs the service or execution or arranges or conducts the auction during ordinary working hours, the allowance is to be paid to the court. 12.50 ‘ SCHEDULE 3 ‘ FEES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION APPROVALS section 3 $ Fee for approval as mediator 1. Application for approval as mediator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.00

s 5 10 s 5 District Courts Amendment (No. 2) No. 294, 1996 Fee for approval as case appraiser 2. Application for approval as case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.00’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 October 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 25 October 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Justice. © State of Queensland 1996