High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 106 1

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High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Judiciary Act 1903.

Dated 14 May 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DARYL WILLIAMS

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 July 1997.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 3 (Interpretation)

3.1   Subregulation 3 (1) (definition of “corporation”):

Omit the definition, substitute:

“ ‘corporation’ has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law and includes a financial institution (as defined in section 111AZA of that Law);”.

4.   Regulation 5B (Calculation of increase)

4.1   Subregulation 5B (2) (definition of “fee”):

Omit “during”, substitute “at the end of”.

5.   Further amendments—fee increases

5.1   The High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations are further amended as set out in the following table:

Provision amended	Omit	Substitute
Subparagraph 4A (1) (b) (i)	$3,000	$8,000
Subparagraph 4A (1) (b) (ii)	$1,500	$4,000
Subparagraph 5 (1) (a) (i)	$500	$3,000
Subparagraph 5 (1) (a) (ii)	$250	$1,500
Subparagraph 5 (1) (b) (i)	$1,500	$12,000
Subparagraph 5 (1) (b) (ii)	$750	$6,000
Schedule 1, item 1	$1,000	$5,000
Schedule 1, item 2	$1,000	$5,000
Schedule 1, item 3	$1,000	$5,000
Schedule 1, item 5	$1,000	$5,000
Schedule 1, item 5A	$250	$500
Schedule 1, item 6	$1,000	$5,000

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 May 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1991 No. 449 as amended by 1992 No. 80; 1995 No. 418; 1996 No. 190.