South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts7—Amendment of section 130—Court fees
(1) Section 130—after subsection (1) insert:
(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) Section 130(3)—delete subsection (3)