Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 801

801 Where to enforce money order

(1) If the amount payable under an enforceable money order of the Supreme Court is—

(a) within the jurisdiction of a Magistrates Court, the order may be enforced in a Magistrates Court; or

(b) within the jurisdiction of the District Court but not within the jurisdiction of a Magistrates Court, the order may be enforced in the District Court.

(2) If the amount payable under an enforceable money order of the District Court is within the jurisdiction of a Magistrates Court, the order may be enforced in a Magistrates Court.

(3) An enforceable money order of the District Court or a Magistrates Court may be enforced in the Supreme Court if the Supreme Court so orders.

(4) Unless the court in which a money order was made orders otherwise, the costs of the order’s enforcement are recoverable only on—

(a) if the amount payable under the order is within the jurisdiction of a Magistrates Court, the scale of costs prescribed for Magistrates Courts; or

(b) if the amount payable under the order is within the jurisdiction of the District Court, the scale of costs prescribed for the District Court.