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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 417

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 417

ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

Subsection 60(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of proceedings in the Court.

The existing fees prescribed by the Regulations have not been increased since 1989. The purposes of the proposed Regulations is to increase the existing fees in accordance with consumer price increases, annualised since 1989.

Details of these Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Regulation 1 provides for the Regulations to commence on 1 January 1996.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Regulation 2 provides for the Federal Court of Australia Regulations to be amended as set out in these Regulations.

Regulation 3 - Regulation 2A (Hearing fees)

Regulation 3 provides that "$500" is omitted and substituted by "$616".

Regulation 4 - Schedule (Fees to be taken in the Registry of the Court)

Regulation 4 omits the existing Schedule and substitutes a new Schedule. The Schedule lists fees to be taken in the Registry of the Court.

The fees for the Items listed in the Schedule are increased in accordance with the consumer price increases, annualised since 1989.

These Regulations commence on 1 January 1996.


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