Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1990 No. 44 CONSULAR FEES REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Regulations 2 and 3
FEES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSULAR ACTS
Column 1  Column 2                           Column 3

Item      Consular act                       Fee

 1        Administering an oath or receiving

a declaration or affirmation, with
          or without witness of signature    $10

 2        Marking an exhibit to an affidavit

          or declaration in writing          $5

 3        Witnessing:


   (a)  the signature; or

   (b)  the seal; or

   (c)  the signature and seal;
of an authority or person, other
than a person specified in
          regulation 3                       $10

 4        Signing a document, or affixing a

seal to a document or other
article, in a case not otherwise
          specified in this Schedule         $10

 5        Signing and affixing a seal to a

document in a case not otherwise
          specified in this Schedule         $10

 6        Preparing a declaration or other

document in a case not otherwise
specified in this Schedule or
taking down in writing an oral
declaration or deposition made
before a person specified in
          regulation 3                       $15 and, in addition, $10 for
each
50 words, or part of 50 words, by
which the document exceeds 50
words 7        Making and certifying a copy of a

          document or part of a document     $15 and, in addition:


   (a)  if the consular act includes
the typing of the document or a
part of the document-$10 for each
50 typed words

   (b)  $1 for each copy, other than
the first typed copy, of a page of
the document
 8        Verifying and certifying a copy of

          a document or part of a document   $15 and, in addition:


   (a)  if the consular act includes
the typing of the document or a
part of the document-$10 for each
page

   (b)  $5 for each copy, other than
the first typed copy, of a page of
the document
 9        Uniting documents and affixing a

          seal to the fastening              $10

10        Initialling alterations to, or

interlineations in, a document not
prepared by a person specified in
          regulation 3                       $2.50 for each 3 initiallings,
or
part of 3 initiallings
11        Taking evidence under a commission

          or order from a court              $25 for each hour, or part of an

hour, spent in taking the evidence
or $100, whichever is the greater
12        Effecting, or attempting to effect,

service of a document and issuing a
certificate or affidavit of service
          or attempted service               $15

13        Transmitting through official

channels a document or other
          article                            $6 and, in addition, the amount
of
the postal charges which would be
payable if the document or article
were transmitted by post
14        Witnessing the execution of a will $20

15        Transferring funds through official

accounts, other than for the
purposes of the realisation of a
          deceased estate                    $20

16        The performance of a consular act

specified in a preceding item of
this Schedule:

   (a)  away from diplomatic or
consular premises; or

   (b)  outside the hours when those
premises are open to the public for
          business                           $5 and, in addition:


   (a)  if the act is performed away
from diplomatic or consular
premises:

        (i)    the cost of the travel of
a person specified in regulation 3
from those premises to the place
where he or she performs the act

        (ii)   if the person is required
to be absent overnight from his or
her usual place of residence-the
cost of his or her meals and
accommodation

   (b)  if the act is performed
outside the hours when those
premises are open to the public for business-the amount of the
remuneration (if any) of the person in respect of the period in which
the act was performed