CIRCULARS

No. 3/2011

Fees (Annual Increase) Effective 1 July 2011

Lawyers and parties are advised that the annual indexation of a "fee unit" under the Fee Units Act 1997 takes effect from 1 July 2011.

A fee unit is now prescribed to have a value of $1.40.

Accordingly, fees are increased in the Court’s various jurisdictions under the following legislation:

• Justices Regulations 2003

• Magistrates Court (Civil Division) (Fees) Regulations 2008

• Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) (Fees) Regulations 2002

• Coroners (Fees, Expenses and Allowances) Regulations 2006

A schedule of all current fees (amended to include the abovementioned increase) is published on the Magistrates Court website at:

https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/fees

JIM CONNOLLY

ADMINISTRATOR OF COURTS

1 July 2011