Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024 (Qld)

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024.

Part 2    Amendment of Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2019

2   Regulation amended

This part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2019.

3   Amendment of s 8 (Particular applications registrar must approve)

(1)Section 8(1), after paragraph (a)—
insert—

(aa)has been given aid or other legal assistance under the Public Trustee Act 1978 for the proceeding; or

(2)Section 8(1)(aa) to (c)—
renumber as section 8(1)(b) to (d).

4   Amendment of sch 2 (Magistrates Courts fees)

(1)Schedule 2, part 1, item 3, ‘61.70’—
omit, insert—

65.65

(2)Schedule 2, part 1, item 4, ‘114.40’—
omit, insert—

118.35

Part 3    Amendment of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

5   Rules amended

This part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999.

6   Amendment of r 386 (Costs)

Rule 386—
insert—

(2)However, unless the court orders otherwise or the parties otherwise agree, the costs mentioned in subrule (1) are not to be assessed, and are not recoverable, until the proceeding ends.

7   Amendment of r 692 (Amendment)

Rule 692—
insert—

(3)However, unless the court orders otherwise or the parties otherwise agree, the costs mentioned in subrule (2) are not to be assessed, and are not recoverable, until the proceeding ends.

8   Amendment of sch 1 (Scale of costs—Supreme Court and District Court)

Schedule 1, item 13, ‘a barrister’—
omit, insert—

counsel

9   Amendment of sch 2 (Scale of costs—Magistrates Courts)

(1)Schedule 2, part 2, table, heading—
omit, insert—

A $2,500 or under	B Over $2,500 but not over $5,000	C Over $5,000 but not over $20,000	D Over $20,000 but not over $50,000
$	$	$	$
(including GST)

(2)Schedule 2, part 2, item 8(g) and (h), after ‘day of’—
insert—

trial or

(3)Schedule 2, part 3, items 1, 2 and 3, ‘schedule’—
omit, insert—

part

(4)Schedule 2, part 3, item 13, ‘a barrister’—
omit, insert—

counsel