(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.