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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
SCHEDULE 2 - Witness fees and SCHEDULE 2 - Witness fees and disbursements
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# SCHEDULE 2 - Witness fees and SCHEDULE 2 - Witness fees and disbursements
[*\[Schedule 2 Amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 2, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS2@Ja181@GC1@EN) [*\[Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2005, No. 153, Applied:01 Jan 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-01-01/sr-2005-153#GS4@EN) [*\[Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2010, No. 23, Applied:17 Mar 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-03-17/sr-2010-023#GS5@EN)
[Rules 104](#GS104@EN) and [138A](#GS138A@EN)
| 1. | Witness fees | |
| | (a) Professional, scientific or other expert witness (each day) | $525 or other amount ordered by the Court or determined by assessment officer |
| | (b) Other adult person (each day) | $225 |
| | (c) Person under 18 years of age (each day) | $75 |
| 2. | Witness expenses | |
| | Travel expenses (including meals, travelling and accommodation) | At the same rate and on the same terms as prescribed for equivalent allowance in the General Conditions of Service Award under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 for employees within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 |
| 3. | Photocopying | |
| | each page | 75 cents |
| 4. | STD calls | Actual cost |
| 5. | Court fees, other fees and payments, excluding the usual and incidental expenses and overheads of a legal practice and in particular excludes postage, telephone charges (non-STD) and courier expenses | To the extent to which they have been properly and reasonably incurred and paid |
| 6. | Expert reports | $450 or other amount ordered by the Court or determined by assessment officer |
These Rules of Court were made by the Rules Committee of Magistrates Court (Civil Division) at a meeting held on 29 March 1998.
A. G. SHOTT
Chief Magistrate
MICHAEL HILL
Deputy Chief Magistrate
P. WILSON
Member
D. J. JONES
Member
HELEN WOOD
Member
P. F. DIXON
Member
ROGER WILLEE
Member
R. WEBSTER
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.
Notified in the *Gazette* on 30 March 1998
These rules are administered in the Department of Justice.