3.01Application provision in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Other Measures) Regulations 2021

3.01 Application provision in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Other Measures) Regulations 2021

(1) The amendments of this regulation made by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Other Measures) Regulations 2021 apply in relation to the liability of a person to pay any of the following fees: (a) a filing fee for filing a document on or after 1 September 2021; (b) a setting down fee for a hearing if the hearing day is fixed on or after 1 September 2021; (c) a hearing fee for a day, or a part of a day, if the day (or part of the day) is fixed on or after 1 September 2021; (d) a conciliation conference fee for a conference fixed on or after 1 September 2021; (e) any other fee under this regulation for a service provided on or after 1 September 2021. (2) To avoid doubt, the repeal of the definition of magistrate applies in relation to a proceeding that began before, or begins on or after, 1 September 2021.

Note: This means that the rate of a fee payable on or after 1 September 2021 in respect of a hearing before a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is that stated in the relevant table item in Schedule 1, even if a fee was paid before that day in respect of a service provided by a magistrate.