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High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations 2022
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#### 3B Definitions
(1) In this instrument:
> Act means the Judiciary Act 1903.
> corporation: see section 4.
> Court means the High Court of Australia.
> CPI number, for a quarter, means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number (being the weighted average of the 8 Australian capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician for that quarter.
> filing fee means a fee mentioned in any of items 101 to 107 of Schedule 1.
> half day means a period of up to 3 hours in a scheduled hearing day.
> hearing fee means a fee mentioned in any of items 108 to 111 of Schedule 1.
> liable person, in relation to a fee, means the person who is required to pay the fee under Division 2.2.
> March quarter means a period of 3 months ending at the end of March.
> proceeding includes an application to commence a proceeding.
> publicly listed company means a company that is listed on a stock exchange or financial market in any country.
> Registrar means the following:
(a) the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the Court appointed under section 18 of the High Court of Australia Act 1979;
(b) the Senior Registrar of the Court, or the Deputy Registrar of the Court, appointed under subsection 26(1) of that Act;
(c) a person appointed to act in a position mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
> relevant period means a financial year starting on or after 1 July 2022.
> Rules means the Rules of Court made under section 86 of the Act.
(2) A term or expression used in this instrument and in the Rules has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Rules.