Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2018 (TAS)

Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2018

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 .27 March 2018

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency’s Command,

Elise Archer

Minister for Justice

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2018 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Scale of fees (1)  The scale of fees specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 . (2)  For the avoidance of doubt, the fee specified in item 4 of Schedule 1 does not regulate the amount a bailiff may charge a judgment creditor. Schedule 1Scale of fees

Regulation 3

Amount (Fee units)
1.	Claim fee –
(a) where the claim is for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action does not exceed $5 000	70
(b) where the claim is for a sum of money where the amount claimed in the action exceeds $5 000	140
(c) where the claim is for relief under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997	35
(d) for any other claim	140
2.	Counterclaim fee	70
3.	Interlocutory application fee	25
4.	Enforcement process fee	25
5.	Bailiff’s fee, payable by judgment debtor, on execution on that debtor of any enforcement process	105
6.	Fee on taxation of bill of costs	55
7.	Transcript fee	2 (per page)
8.	Inspection fee for inspection of records or other documents held in registry	10
9.	Fee for copy of records or other documents	5

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

Notified in the Gazette on 27 March 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations prescribe the scale of fees for the