EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1989 No. 132
Issued by the authority of the Justices of the High Court of Australia
Amendment to the High Court Rules
The Third Schedule to the High Court Rules itemises the fees and charges payable by litigants in respect of proceedings commenced in the High Court.
The Items in the Schedule were last varied by Statutory Rule No. 305 made on 2nd October 1986 and became operative from 1st November 1986.
Filing fees on all originating process except the fee on filing a criminal special leave application have been increased. The increases have been made to bring the filing fees for those items into line with fees charged in other Australian courts.
Fees for searching or inspecting documents and for a Registrar’s certificate have also been increased.
Charges for copies of judgments and transcripts have not been increased. The Court’s policy is to make available copies of judgments at a cost sufficient to cover marginal costs of production of those copies. As the Court produces transcripts of proceedings primarily for its own purposes, copies of transcripts are also charged at a rate sufficient to cover marginal costs of production of copies.
No increase is proposed in the rate charged on taxing a bill of costs: 7.5% of the sum allowed.