Statutory
Rules1991No. 267 1
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Federal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of
the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981.
Dated 23 August 1991.
BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL TATE
Minister of State for Justice and
Consumer Affairs
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Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Federal Proceedings (Costs)
Regulations.
Commencement
2. These Regulations commence on 1 September 1991.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
“the
Act” means the Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981.
Prescribed
maximum amounts: appeals or new trials
4. For the purposes of subsection 18 (1) of the Act (limits of
payments in respect of appeals or other proceedings), the amount specified in
an item in column 2 of the following table is the prescribed maximum amount in
respect of the court specified in column 1 of the item:
Column
1 Court | Column
2 Amount |
$ |
High
Court | 10,000 |
Federal
Court | 6,000 |
Family
Court | 4,000 |
Supreme
Court of a Territory | 6,000 |
Other
court of a Territory | 2,000 |
Application
of regulation 4
5. Regulation 4 applies in relation to a costs certificate granted as
a result of an appeal decided on or after the commencement of these
Regulations.
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NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of
Australia Gazette