High Court Rules (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1986 No. 3051

Rules Under The Judiciary Act 1903 As

Amended

We, Justices of the High Court of Australia, hereby make the following Rules of Court under the Judiciary Act 1903 as amended.

Dated this 2nd day of October 1986.

A. F. MASON
RON WILSON
F. G. BRENNAN
(L.S.)	WILLIAM DEANE
DARYL DAWSON
Justices of the High Court of Australia

FRANK JONES

Registrar

AMENDMENT TO THE HIGH COURT RULES2

1. These Rules shall come into operation on the 1st November 1986.

2. The High Court Rules are amended by omitting the Third Schedule and substituting the following Schedule:

(S.R. 338/86)—Cat. No.   2/14.10.1986

THIRD SCHEDULE

FEES AND CHARGES

Amount

$

1. On filing:

(a) an application under rule 1 of Order 55..................................................................

150.00

or

(b) a writ of summons or petition...............................................................................

150.00

or

(c) an application for special leave to appeal...............................................................

50.00

(d) any other application initiating proceedings (including removals under Section 40 of the Judiciary Act 1903, as amended)..............................................................................................

50.00

2. On filing of a notice of appeal................................................................................

200.00

3. For a warrant to arrest a ship..................................................................................

100.00

4. For searching or inspecting a document prescribed in Order 58 r 8 (2):

Per hour or part of an hour..................................................................................

5.00

5. For making a photocopy or office copy of any document:

 Per Page...........................................................................................................

2.00

6. For transmitting a copy of any document by facsimile:

Per page..........................................................................................................

3.00

7. For a copy of reasons for judgment consisting of not more than 10 pages—for each copy issued to a person not a party to the proceedings and for each copy in excess of one copy issued to a party to the proceedings..............................................................................................................

2.00

And, for each page in excess of 10 with a maximum of $20.00 per copy..............

0.50

8. Annual subscription for copies of reasons for judgments (including the cost of postage)

350.00

9. For a certificate of the Registrar other than a certificate of taxation...........................

20.00

10. For a copy of transcript of proceedings prepared by the Court Reporting Service:

For each page of transcript...............................................................................

0.30

11. For taxing a bill of costs, for every $100.00 allowed or a fraction thereof................

7.50

These fees, except where otherwise provided, shall be taken on signing the certificate or on the allowance of the bill of costs as taxed but the fees shall be due and payable, if no certificate or allocature is required on the amount of the bill as taxed, or on the amount of such part thereof as may be taxed, and the solicitor shall in such case pay the proper sum, the amount whereof shall be fixed by the Taxing Officer.

12. For any document, memorandum or notice not elsewhere specified in the Schedule the Registrar may direct whether any and what fee is to be taken thereon.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 October 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1952 No. 23 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 22 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 Nos. 22 and 290.

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