Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2004 (TAS)

Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2004

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 .24 May 2004

RICHARD BUTLER

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2004 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 1998 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Schedule 1 amended (Court fees) Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 1 the following:

(c) claim for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 30 fee units

(b) by omitting items 3 , 4 and 5 and substituting the following:

3.	Service fee on any process –
(a) personal service (if required under the rules of court)	60 fee units
(b) any other manner of service	30 fee units
4.	Bailiff’s fee on execution of any enforcement process	100 fee units
5.	Fee on taxation of bill of costs	45 fee units

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 2 June 2004

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the

(a) inserting a new filing fee for a claim for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 for the purposes of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 ; and (b) updating certain fees.