Magistrates Court Rules (Amendment) (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Regulations 1991   No. 141

Magistrates Court Rules2 (Amendment)

The Australian Capital Territory Executive hereby makes the following Regulations under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.

Dated 27 June 1991

TERRY CONNOLLY

Attorney-General

B. WOOD

Minister

Commencement

1.  These Rules commence on 1 July 1991.

Principal Rules

2. In these Rules, “Principal Rules” means the Magistrates Court Rules.

Court fees

3.  Rule 68 of the Principal Rules is amended—

(a)by inserting before subrule (1) the following subrule:

“(1A)  For the purposes of subsection 144 (1) of the Act the prescribed fee is $19.00.”;

(b)by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “$7.50” and substituting “$8.00”; and

(c)by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “$0.10” and substituting “$0.15”.

Second Schedule

4.  The Second Schedule to the Principal Rules is amended—

(a)by omitting from column 3 of item 1 “20.00” and substituting “25.00”; and

(b)by omitting from column 3 of item 2 “0.55” and “0.20” and substituting “0.60” and “0.25” respectively.

notes

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 28 June 1991.

2. For references to the original Rules and amendments made before 1960 see footnote on p. 228 of vol. III of “Laws of the Australian Capital Territory 1911-1959”.  For later amendments see Regulations 1960 No. 7; 1965 No. 9; 1967 No. 2; 1968 No. 9; 1969 No. 4; 1970 No. 7; 1974 No. 12; 1977 No. 7; 1979 No. 26; 1980 No. 5; Ordinances No. 67, 1985 and No. 74, 1986; 1987 No. 1; 1988 No. 15; Ordinances Nos. 21 and 25, 1989; 1989 No. 16; Ordinance No. 5, 1990.

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