(1)

A fee is not payable for a service if the fee has been paid by a person other than the person liable to pay the fee.

(2)

A fee is not payable for the following proceedings:

(a)

an application for a decree of dissolution of marriage for a marriage that was previously dissolved or annulled under the Family Law Act 1975 or the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 ;

(b)

an application to the Federal Magistrates Court for an extension of the time within which a proceeding may be commenced;

(c)

a proceeding for which a Convention to which Australia is a party provides that a fee is not payable.

(3)

A fee is not payable if the person liable to pay the fee is exempt from payment of the fee under regulation 8.

Note
A fee may be waived under regulation 9.