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These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment (Scale of Fees) Rules 2026 .
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Tasmania regulation
This instrument updates the Supreme Court’s scale of fees in Tasmania — the list of charges for filings, registry services, hearings and related court activities. It changes what users (litigants, lawyers, businesses and government bodies) pay to use the Court and how the Court collects revenue.
Why it matters: raising, lowering or reclassifying fees directly alters the cost of bringing or defending proceedings, shifts incentives about settlement and procedure, and affects the Court’s administrative revenue and recovery of costs.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Supreme Court Amendment (Scale of Fees) Rules 2026.
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment (Scale of Fees) Rules 2026 .
These Rules of Court commence on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
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The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .
C. P. SHANAHAN
Chief Justice
H. M. WOOD
Puisne Judge
S. P. ESTCOURT
Puisne Judge
R. W. PEARCE
Puisne Judge
M. J. BRETT
Puisne Judge
T. K. JAGO
Puisne Judge
K. CUTHBERTSON
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
P. IKEDIFE
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 July 2026
These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.
The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
Supreme Court Amendment (Scale of Fees) Rules 2026
8 July 2026
We, the Honourable Christopher Shanahan, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt AM, the Honourable Robert William Pearce, the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett, the Honourable Tamara Kaye Jago and the Honourable Kate Cuthbertson, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following Rules of Court under section 197(1)(i) of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .
1. Short title
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment (Scale of Fees) Rules 2026 .
2. Commencement
These Rules of Court commence on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
3. Principal Rules
In these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4.
The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .
C. P. SHANAHAN
Chief Justice
H. M. WOOD
Puisne Judge
S. P. ESTCOURT
Puisne Judge
R. W. PEARCE
Puisne Judge
M. J. BRETT
Puisne Judge
T. K. JAGO
Puisne Judge
K. CUTHBERTSON
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
P. IKEDIFE
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 July 2026
These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.