Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2019 (SA)

South Australia

Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2019

under section 33 of the Youth Court Act 1993

Contents

1Short title

2Commencement

Schedule 1—Fees under Youth Court Act 1993

Part 1—Preliminary

1Interpretation

2Fees

Part 2—General fees for purposes of Act

Schedule 2—Revocation of Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2018

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2019.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2019.

Schedule 1—Fees under Youth Court Act 1993

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Interpretation

(1)In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

Act means the Youth Court Act 1993.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule, unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions used in this Schedule have the same respective meaning as in the Act.

2—Fees

(1)The fees set out in Part 2 are payable to the Court in relation to proceedings in the Court.

(2)The Court may require a non‑refundable deposit as security for the payment of fees for the production of a transcript of the hearing of a case at the request of a party where the Court does not require the transcript.

(3)Section 15 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1992 makes provision in relation to the State Crown's liability for fees and charges in civil proceedings in the Court.

(4)A government agency is not required to pay any fee or charge—

(a)for commencing, or taking any step in, proceedings in the criminal jurisdiction of the Court; or

(b)for obtaining a transcript of any such proceedings to which it is a party; or

(c)for obtaining a copy of evidence in any such proceedings to which it is a party.

(5)Any costs to which a government agency is entitled will be calculated as if the government agency were liable to pay, and had in fact paid, fees and charges from which it is exempt under subregulation (4).

(6)In this regulation—

government agency has the same meaning as in the Magistrates Court (Fees) Regulations 2004.

Part 2—General fees for purposes of Act

1	On commencement of proceedings for summary applications, summary offences, minor indictable offences or indictable offences	$286.00 plus if the complaint or information alleges more than 1 offence—$52.00
2	On application for an adoption order under the Adoption Act 1988	$184.00
3	For copy of evidence—
(a)    per page in electronic form	$8.50
(b)    per page in hard‑copy form	$10.90
4	For copy of reasons for judgment—per page Note— A party to proceedings is entitled to 1 copy of the reasons without charge.	$8.50
5	For copy of any other document—per page	$5.10
6	For production of transcript at request of a party where the Court does not require the transcript—per page	$17.20

Schedule 2—Revocation of Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2018

The Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2018 are revoked.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

The Youth Court (Fees) Regulations 2019 were revoked by r 3 of the Youth Court (Fees) Revocation Regulations 2020 on 1.7.2020.

Principal regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2019	102	Gazette 13.6.2019 p1948	1.7.2019: r 2