South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Governor may,
by regulation, prescribe and provide for the payment of fees in respect of
proceedings in the court, or any step in such proceedings.
(1a) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may provide for all or
any of the following matters:
(a)
specific fees;
(b)
maximum fees;
(c)
minimum fees;
(d) fees
that vary according to value, time, class of matter, or on any other basis;
(e) fees
that differ for different classes of proceedings, different classes of party
or different jurisdictions of the court;
(f) the
manner of payment of fees;
(g) the
time or times at which fees are to be paid,
and it is not necessary for a fee to be related to the actual administrative
cost incurred.
(1b) The regulations
may—
(a) be
of general or limited application; and
(b) make
different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which
they are expressed to apply; and
(c)
provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of any
proceeding, person or thing, or a class of proceeding, person or thing, from
any of the provisions of the regulations, whether—
(i)
unconditionally or on specified conditions; and
(ii)
either wholly or to such an extent as is specified; and
(d)
provide for the payment in advance of a fee or part of a fee prescribed under
the regulations; and
(e)
provide for the reduction, waiver, postponement, remission or refund, in whole
or in part, of a fee prescribed under the regulations; and
(f)
provide, in specified circumstances, for the reinstatement or payment, in
whole or in part, of a fee prescribed under the regulations which was reduced,
waived, postponed, remitted or refunded under the regulations; and
(g)
confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on the court, a member of
the court's judiciary or the registrar.
(2) The court may
remit or reduce a fee on account of the poverty of the party by whom the fee
is payable or for any other proper reason.