EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
(STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 328)
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976
Federal Court of Australia Regulations (Amendment)
Subsection 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.
The proposed Federal Court of Australia Regulations (Amendment) amend Items 5, 6 and 7 of the Schedule to the Federal Court of Australia Regulations by:
(a) omitting the existing fees and substituting the proposed fees: and
(b) providing in Item 7 for a charge calculated at the hourly rate of salary payable to an officer of the Court who is involved in the service or execution or attempted service or execution of the process of the Court.
Items 5 and 6 of the Schedule relate to the request for and provision of photocopies of documents held on court files. The proposed amendment to Item 7 of the Schedule will enable a proper charge to be made for the services of a court officer in the service or execution (or attempted service or execution) of the process of the court.
The present level of fees specified in Items 5 and 6 of the Schedule are increased from .60 cents and .20 cents to $2.00 and $1.00 respectively.
The proposed increase will bring the fees into line with similar fees charged in the Bankruptcy Division of the Court and will more accurately reflect the cost of providing the service.
Authorised by the Attorney-General