Supreme Court (Fees) Amendment Rules 2018 (TAS)

Supreme Court (Fees) Amendment Rules 2018

We, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt, the Honourable Robert William Pearce, the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett and the Honourable Gregory Peter Geason, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following Rules of Court under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .

1Short titleThese Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court (Fees) Amendment Rules 2018 . 2CommencementThese Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RulesIn these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court (Fees) Rules 2017 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Schedule 1 amended (Fees and percentages) Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by omitting paragraph (a) from item 1 and substituting the following:

(a) for the initial copy, supplied to a party, of a transcript that is required to be transcribed 5 (per page)

(b) by omitting paragraph (b) from item 1 and substituting the following:

(b) for a copy of a transcript that has already been transcribed 2 (per page)

A. M. BLOW

Chief Justice

H. M. WOOD

Puisne Judge

S. P. ESTCOURT

Puisne Judge

R. W. PEARCE

Puisne Judge

M. J. BRETT

Puisne Judge

G. P. GEASON

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

J. A. CONNOLLY

Registrar

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

Notified in the Gazette on 21 February 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule) These Rules of Court amend the