EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SUPREME COURT ACT 1933
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SUPREME COURT (FEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
(Statutory Rules 1988 No. 170)
Paragraph 29(a) of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the fees or other payments to be paid to officers of the Court in respect of proceedings in the Court.
The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court (Fees) Regulations to increase the fees payable for filing of documents in the ACT Supreme Court.
The Regulations increase the Court fee payable for the filing of a document commencing proceedings from $180 to $240. The increase brings the ACT Supreme Court filing fee to the same level as that in the Federal Court and the Family Court. This achieves consistency between superior courts administered by the Commonwealth.