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FEDERAL COURT AND FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT REGULATIONS 2022 (F2023L00023) - REG 2.05

Persons exempt from paying fee--general

             (1)  A person is exempt from paying a fee mentioned in Schedule 1 (other than a fee mentioned in item 115C or 214A) in relation to a proceeding if, at the time the fee is payable, one or more of the following apply:

                     (a)  the person has been granted legal aid for the proceeding under a legal aid scheme or service:

                              (i)  established under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or

                             (ii)  approved by the Attorney-General;

                     (b)  the person is the holder of any of the following cards issued by the Commonwealth:

                              (i)  a health care card;

                             (ii)  a pensioner concession card;

                            (iii)  a Commonwealth seniors health card;

                            (iv)  any other card that certifies the holder's entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions;

                     (c)  the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment or is otherwise detained in a public institution, or is in immigration detention (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 );

                     (d)  the person is younger than 18;

                     (e)  the person is receiving youth allowance or Austudy payments under the Social Security Act 1991 or benefits under the ABSTUDY Scheme;

                      (f)  the person has received funding for the proceeding under Part 11 of the Native Title Act 1993 from:

                              (i)  a representative body within the meaning of section 253 of that Act; or

                             (ii)  a person or body to whom funding has been made available under section 203FE of that Act.

             (2)  For paragraph (1)(b), the holder of a card does not include a dependant of the person who is issued the card.



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