{"id":"tas:sr-2012-056","name":"Civil Process (Table of Fees for Execution) Amendment Rules 2012","slug":"civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"56 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":313523,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2012-056-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> These Rules of Court may be cited as the [Civil Process (Table of Fees for Execution) Amendment Rules 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2012-056) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These Rules of Court take effect on 1 August 2012.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Schedule 1 amended (Table of Fees for Execution of Civil Process)","content":"### 3 Schedule 1 amended (Table of Fees for Execution of Civil Process)\n\n> Schedule 1 to the [Civil Process (Table of Fees for Execution) Rules 1991](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1991-188) is amended as follows:\n> \n> > > (a) by omitting from item 1(a) \"50.00\" and substituting \"100.00\";\n> > \n> > > (b) by omitting from item 1(b) \"100.00\" and substituting \"200.00\";\n> > \n> > > (c) by omitting from item 2(b) \"0.60\" and substituting \"0.70\";\n> > \n> > > (d) by omitting from item 3 \"amount, or if auctioneer employed\" and substituting \"amount\";\n> > \n> > > (e) by omitting from item 5 \"40.00\" and substituting \"55.00\".\n\nP. E. EVANS\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nS. E. TENNENT\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nD. J. PORTER\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nH. M. WOOD\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nCountersigned,\n\nJ. A. CONNOLLY\n\nRegistrar\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 11 July 2012\n\nThese Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original intent — a straightforward administrative update to execution fees within the existing civil process framework. There is no indication of scope creep or expansion beyond updating prescribed fee amounts."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow and specific subject matter — only updates a fee table, no new legal principles introduced","Amending instrument only — must be read alongside the principal rules to understand full effect","Technical legal terminology around civil enforcement processes may be unfamiliar to laypeople","No substantive policy change — purely administrative fee adjustment"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule updates Tasmania’s official fee schedule for executing civil process — the charges sheriffs, bailiffs and court officers can apply when enforcing judgments (seizing goods, selling property, serving enforcement documents). It affects judgment creditors and debtors, their lawyers, and enforcement officers by changing enforcement costs, which often get passed to the losing party. It took effect 1 August 2012."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment remains strictly within its original purpose of updating the fee schedule for civil process execution. It does not expand the scope beyond adjusting specific dollar amounts in the existing Table of Fees."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative provisions","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation except the parent Rules being amended","Simple arithmetic amendments (substituting specific dollar amounts)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward mechanical amendments to a fee schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation updates the fees that bailiffs and court officers can charge when enforcing court judgments (called 'execution of civil process'). It doubles the fixed fees for serving certain documents (from $50 to $100, and $100 to $200), increases a mileage rate from 60 cents to 70 cents per kilometre, removes a reference to auctioneer fees in one item, and raises another fee from $40 to $55. These are administrative adjustments to reflect inflation and operational costs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope is not changed. The Rules only alter fee amounts and one line of wording in Schedule 1 to the existing 1991 Rules; they do not create new powers, change who is subject to the Rules, or add new categories of civil process (see rule 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple numeric substitutions in fee table (multiple line items changed) — (rule 3)","Single minor textual clarification replacing a phrase in item 3 of Schedule 1 — (rule 3)","Limited legal effect confined to Schedule 1 of the 1991 Rules rather than creating new processes","Fixed commencement date requiring administrative and IT updates from 1 August 2012 — (rule 2)","Potential downstream impact on parties' costs and behaviour (users of execution services), though mechanism is straightforward (fee increases in Schedule 1)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends Schedule 1 of the Civil Process (Table of Fees for Execution) Rules 1991 to increase several execution fees and to alter one line of wording. It takes effect on 1 August 2012.\n\nIt affects people required to pay fees under that table by raising certain charges and slightly clarifying a fee description; the Rules are administered by the Department of Justice (rules 2–3)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012","history":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/civil-process-table-of-fees-for-execution-amendment-rules-2012/documents"}}