EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1982 NO. 245
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Sub-section 60(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of proceedings in the Court or the service or execution of the process of the Court by officers of the Court.
Sub-regulation 2(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Regulations provides that, subject to regulation 2, the fees payable are as specified in the Schedule to the Regulations. Regulation 1 repeals the Schedule to the Federal Court of Australia Regulations and substitutes a new Schedule specifying new fees, increased by 25 percent. Those fees apply in relation to any filing done, requests for a copy of a document made, or copy furnished in accordance with a request made, on or after 4 October 1982 (Regulation 2).