Civil Procedure Act, 2005
Current Scale of Fees

These are the fees to be paid to the Registrar of the Local Court from 1st July, 2008.

FILING FEES:

1.

AMOUNT OF CLAIM:

$0.01 to $10000.00 

$10000.01 to $60000.00
Filing a Statement of Claim:

 $77
($154 - Corporation)

$189
($378 - Corporation)
Filing a Notice of Cross Claim* :

 $77
($154 - Corporation)

$189
($378 - Corporation)
Filing a Motion  

Nil
(except in general divison)

$66
($132 - Corporation)

2. Filing a certificate or certified copy of conviction or order..............$72 ($144 - Corporation)

3. Filing an application to re-hear an Arbitrated action.......................$328 ($656 - Corporation)

4. Filing an application for a Certified Copy of Judgment...................$48

5. Filing an application for a Certified Copy of a Writ of Execution....$18

6. Filing a subpoena to give evidence................................................$64 ($128 - Corporation)

7. Filing a subpoena to produce documents.......................................$64 ($128 - Corporation)

8. Filing a subpoena to give evidence and produce documents...........$64 ($128 - Corporation)

9. Filing an Examiantion Order..........................................................$NIL (Abolished due to our protest at double charging)

SERVICE & EXECUTION FEES:

10.Service of Statement of Claim by the court by post (each address).$33

11.Service of a document by the Sheriff's Officer (each address).........$52.00 **
Note: This fee includes GST of $4.73. This means that, if a party has an A.B.N. and is serving a documents for proceedings which are business related, it may not claim the GST portion of this fee from the opponent. Thus, the amount for service claimed on the document should be $457.27 even though you will have paid the full $52.00 fee to the Court.

12.Execution of a Warrant to Apprehend a Judgment Debtor .............$64
(each address and on each occasion that execution is attempted)

13.Execution of a Writ for the Levy of Property by Sheriff's Officer ....$64
(each address and on each occasion that execution is attempted)

14.Levy on execution of a Writ of Execution by the Sheriff's Officer .....3%
of amount collected (added to the debt)

15. Expenses incurred in executing a writ or summons ................. the reasonable
costs incurred (usually $50)

16.Sheriff's fee for preparing for sale of land under a Writ of Exectution..$653
(only if the sale does not proceed)

TRANSCRIPT FEES:

17.Making a copy of any document, for each page.................................$10
(for the first 20 pages then $5 thereafter for each of the next 10 pages or part thereof )

18.Supply of dupliciate tape recording of sound-recorded evidence, .......$40
per cassette

19.For each copy of the transcript of any proceedings:
(a) for each page ...................................................................................$73
where the mattter being transcribed is under 3 months old
(plus $8.90 for each page after the first 8 pages)
(b) for each page ...................................................................................$89
where the matter being transcribed is 3 months or older
(plus $10.20 for each page after the first 8 pages)

Last updated: 1 July, 2008
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