Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2011 (WA)

!201100204GG!

WESTERN	4529
AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT

ISSN 1448-949X PRINT POST APPROVED PP665002/00041

PERTH, TUESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2011 No. 204 SPECIAL

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY JOHN A. STRIJK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 3.45 PM

© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008

———————————

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

(PUBLIC NOTARIES) REPORT

AND DETERMINATION 2011

25 October 2011	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	4531
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (PUBLIC NOTARIES) REPORT 2011

Made by the Legal Costs Committee under Division 5 of Part 10 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 (“the

Act”).

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Citation
1. (1) This report may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Report 2011.
(2) The determination set out in the Schedule to this report is referred to in this report as the Legal

Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2011.

PART 2—NOTICE AND INQUIRIES

Notice under section 278 of the Act

2. The Legal Costs Committee has complied with the notice provisions of section 278 of the Act.

Inquiries and submissions under section 277 of the Act
3. Before making the Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2011 the Legal Costs

Committee—

(a) reviewed all submissions received as a result of the notice given under section 277 of the Act;

(b)	consulted with the Courts, Law Society of Western Australia, Western Australian Bar Association and the Public Notaries Society of Western Australia;
(c)	considered the rates payable for similar work in other Australian jurisdictions; and
(d)	had regard to the hourly and daily rates applicable under the Solicitors Costs Determination 2011*.

PART 3—REPORT OF COMMITTEE’S CONCLUSIONS

Adjustment in fees
4. The Legal Costs Committee, for the purposes of administration and accounting convenience,

amends all fees in the Scale so that they are divisible by 11 (except photocopying charges).

Scale of costs to be adopted

5. (1) It is the recommendation of the Legal Costs Committee, after reviewing the information gained as a result of the inquiries and submissions described in clause 3, that the scale of costs set out in the Table to clause 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2011 be adopted for the business of Public Notaries.
(2) It is the further recommendation of the Committee given that the amendments to the scale of costs in the manner set out in the Table to clause 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2002 were inclusive of any provision for the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the scale of Public Notaries fees continues to be inclusive of GST.
*[Published in the Government Gazette 24 June 2011]

TED SHARP, Chairman.
ANGELA GAFFNEY, Member.
CLARE THOMPSON, Member.
MARCUS COCKER, Member.
JANICE DUDLEY, Member.

MATTHEW CURWOOD, Member.

————

Schedule

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (PUBLIC NOTARIES) DETERMINATION 2011

Made by the Legal Costs Committee under section 275 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 (“the Act”).

Citation

1. This determination may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Public Notaries) Determination 2011.

Commencement

2. This determination comes into operation on 1 November 2011.

Application
3. (1) This determination applies to the remuneration of a Public Notary for the provision of notarial
services.
(2) This determination does not apply to the remuneration of a Public Notary based on costs incurred
in respect of instructions taken before the commencement of this determination.

Maximum

Item

No Matter amount

$

1             Affidavits, affirmations and declarations—

(a) For administering an oath or affirmation or taking a declaration and for signing the jurat or its equivalent—

where there is one deponent or declarant	110
and for each additional deponent, affirmant or declarant
swearing, affirming or declaring at the same time	55

(b)	For preparing an affidavit, affirmation or declaration verifying the
execution of a document by a company or by a person 110
(c)	For preparing a notarial certificate in respect of an oath,
affirmation or declaration and for completing the certificate 110
(d)	For completing a second and third certificate (if required) 55
(e)	For preparing an exhibit to an affidavit, affirmation or declaration
and for completing an exhibit 55

2             Deeds and other documents—

(a) Witnessing and attesting the execution or signing of a deed or other document—

where there is one party	110
and for each additional party signing at the same time	55

(b)	For preparing a notarial certificate in respect of the attestation and
for completing the certificate 110

3             Verification of copies of documents—

(a) For examining, with the original, a photocopy of the document 55

for each page exceeding one 5.50

(b)	For examining, with the original, a copy of a document other than a
photocopy 110
(c)	For preparing a notarial certificate verifying a copy of a document
and for completing the certificate 110

4             Certificates under seal not otherwise prescribed by this scale—

For preparing a notarial certificate and for completing the

certificate 110

5             Bills of Exchange—

(a) For noting a bill of exchange, entering in the register and supplying

one copy of note 176

(b)	For presenting bill—a fee for the time so occupied calculated in accordance with the Solicitors Costs Determination 2011* or any subsequent determination made in substitution for that determination
(c)	For preparing, issuing and entering a protest of a bill of exchange
and supplying one copy of protest 176

together with the reasonable disbursements necessarily incurred in
connection with any of those services

6             Ship’s protests—

(a) Preparing and attesting a ship’s protest including three copies (if

required) 231

(b) Preparing and attesting extension of ship’s protest 231

7             Duplicates—

Except where otherwise provided, for more than one copy of any of the above notarial documents completed at the same time—

for each copy (after the first) up to ten
- one half of the prescribed fee
for each copy (after the tenth)
- one quarter of the prescribed fee

25 October 2011 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4533

8             Miscellaneous services—

For instructions, attendances, correspondence, drawing, engrossing, travel and all other services not covered by this scale, or, if so covered, for matters involving unusual work or difficulty—

a fee calculated in accordance with the Solicitors Costs Determination 2011* or any subsequent determination made in substitution for that determination, having regard to the time skill and responsibility involved

For photocopies where necessary, including of documents for which	1.00 per
allowance is otherwise made in this determination	page

*[Published in the Government Gazette 24 June 2011]

Made by the Legal Costs Committee on 17 October 2011.

———————————