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Federal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 2018

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 02 August 2018

Peter Cosgrove

GovernorGeneral

By His Excellency’s Command

Christian Porter

AttorneyGeneral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Definitions

Part 2—Prescribed maximum amount

6 Prescribed maximum amounts in relation to appeals or new trials

Schedule 1—Repeals

Federal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations

Part 1Preliminary

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Federal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 2018.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

7 August 2018

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981.

Part 2Prescribed maximum amount

 

6  Prescribed maximum amounts in relation to appeals or new trials

  For the purposes of subsection 18(1) of the Act, the prescribed maximum amount in relation to a court specified in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount specified in column 2 of the item.

 

Prescribed maximum amounts

Item

Column 1

Court

Column 2

Amount

1

High Court

$10,000

2

Federal Court

$6,000

3

Family Court

$4,000

4

Supreme Court of a Territory

$6,000

5

other court of a Territory

$2,000

 

Schedule 1Repeals

 

Federal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.