{"id":"tas:sr-2005-109","name":"Supreme Court Amendment (Fees and Costs) Rules 2005","slug":"supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"109 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317691,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2005-109-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 [Supreme Court Amendment (Fees and Costs) Rules 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2005-109) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These Rules of Court take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Rules","content":"### 3 Principal Rules\n\n> In these Rules of Court, the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) are referred to as the Principal Rules.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) .\n\nP. G. UNDERWOOD\n\nChief Justice\n\nE. C. CRAWFORD\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nP. W. SLICER\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nP. E. EVANS\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nCountersigned,\n\nI. G. RITCHARD\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 28 September 2005\n\nThese Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand the Court’s subject-matter scope or create new powers. It amends the existing Supreme Court Rules 2000 regime on fees and costs and has been incorporated into the authorised Rules (Rule 3, Rule 4). To see any substantive scope change one must consult the authorised version of the Principal Rules; this instrument functions as a procedural amending instrument and administrative commencement mechanism (Rule 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument contains no substantive fee-or-cost provisions itself; it only amends and points to the Principal Rules, so substance is external (Rule 3, Rule 4).","Practical effect depends entirely on reading the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 — requires cross-referencing to determine exact changes.","Commencement is delayed until seven days after Gazette notification, creating a short monitoring obligation to know when changes apply (Rule 2).","Administrative responsibility is assigned to the Department of Justice; implementation and operational detail will be resolved administratively.","Low statutory drafting complexity in the instrument itself, but potential operational complexity for users if the Principal Rules’ amendments alter fee allocation, payment procedures or cost orders."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the Supreme Court Rules 2000 on fees and costs and takes effect seven days after its Gazette notice (Rule 2). The change has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Principal Rules (Rule 4) and is administered by the Department of Justice. It affects litigants, legal practitioners, the Registrar and others subject to Supreme Court procedure because it alters the court’s fee-and-cost rules and the related compliance obligations."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the instrument appears to remain focused on its original narrow purpose of amending fees and costs provisions in the Tasmanian Supreme Court Rules. No evidence of scope expansion is apparent from the provided content."},"complexity_factors":["Amending instrument — requires cross-referencing the principal Supreme Court Rules to understand full effect","Technical legal costs and fees framework requires some familiarity with court procedure","Limited substantive content available in the provided text, making full analysis difficult","Tasmanian-specific jurisdiction — rules differ from other Australian states"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the Supreme Court Rules (Tasmania) governing court fees and the assessment/award of legal costs. It affects anyone using the Tasmanian Supreme Court—litigants and their lawyers—by changing how much court processes cost and how winning parties may recover legal expenses. The provided excerpt is administrative only, so the exact substantive fee and costs changes made in 2005 are not available here."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment performs exactly the function described in its title—amending fees and costs. There is no scope creep; it is a narrow, specific update to court fee schedules."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 4 rules total","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'Principal Rules'","No substantive operative provisions in the text itself (amendment already incorporated into principal rules)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely procedural/technical instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical amendment to the Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tasmania). It updates the fees and costs that apply in the Supreme Court. The actual changes to fees have been merged into the main Supreme Court Rules 2000 document, so this amendment notice itself doesn't contain the new fee amounts—it just serves as the legal mechanism that authorised those changes. It affects anyone who uses the Tasmanian Supreme Court (lawyers, litigants, businesses) because it governs how much they pay for court services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005","history":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2005/documents"}}