New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

SUPREME COURT REGULATION 2000 - REG 11

11 Other provisions relating to fees

(1) A fee charged under this Regulation (other than a hearing allocation fee or hearing fee) becomes payable when the document concerned is filed or the service concerned is rendered.

(2) A hearing allocation fee charged under this Regulation becomes payable:

(a) immediately after a date is allocated for hearing the proceedings, or

(b) when the Court or a registrar notifies the parties in writing of the Court's intention to allocate a date for hearing the proceedings,

whichever first occurs.

(2A) A hearing fee charged under this Regulation becomes payable when the Court or a registrar notifies the person liable to pay the hearing fee in writing of the amount of the fee payable.

(3) However, a registrar who is requested to file a document or render a service:

(a) may require any fee for the document or service to be paid before the document is filed or the service rendered, or

(b) may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or any part of any such fee be postponed, waived or remitted, subject to such conditions (if any) as the registrar thinks fit to impose.

(4) A registrar in relation to any proceedings for which a hearing allocation fee or hearing fee is chargeable may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or any part of any such fee be postponed, waived or remitted, subject to such conditions (if any) as the registrar thinks fit to impose.

(5) A registrar may delegate his or her power under this clause to direct that the whole or any part of any fee be postponed to any person holding office as, or appointed to act temporarily as, deputy registrar, deputy chief executive officer, manager court operations or chief clerk of the Court.

(6) A registrar may delegate his or her power under this clause to direct that the whole or any part of any fee be waived or remitted to any person holding office as, or appointed to act temporarily as, deputy chief executive officer or manager court operations of the Court.

(7) A reference in subclause (3) to a registrar who is requested to file a document or render a service includes a reference to a person to whom such a registrar delegates his or her powers in accordance with this clause.

(8) This clause is subject to clauses 7 and 8.