District Court (Fees) Regulations 2002 (WA)

Western Australia District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 District Court (Fees) Regulations 2002 Western Australia District Court (Fees) Regulations 2002 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Fees to be charged 1 4A. Fees for small businesses and non‑profit associations 1 5. Exemptions 1 5A. Disputes regarding fees 1 6. Fees to be paid before documents etc. filed 1 7. Who is an eligible individual or eligible entity 1 8. Application to be recognised as eligible individual or eligible entity 1 8A. Recognition as eligible individual or eligible entity 1 8B. False or misleading statements 1 8C. Refunds 1 8D. Waiving fee for copy of document or transcript 1 8E. Conventions 1 9. Allocation of hearing date — Schedule 1 items 7 and 8 1 10. Schedule 1 item 8 fee 1 11. Recovery of unpaid fees 1 11A. Searchable information 1 Schedule 1 — Registry fees Schedule 2 — Sheriff's fees Schedule 3 — Forms Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 District Court (Fees) Regulations 2002

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the District Court (Fees) Regulations 2002.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation on 1 January 2002.

3. Terms used In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears — corporation has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; eligible entity means an entity referred to in regulation 7(3); eligible entity fee, in relation to a matter specified in an item in Schedule 1, means the fee shown in column A for that item; eligible individual means an individual referred to in regulation 7(2); eligible individual fee, in relation to a matter specified in an item in Schedule 1, means the fee, if any, shown in column C for that item; entity does not include an individual; individual does not include a public officer of the Commonwealth, of this State or any other State, or of any Territory acting in the course of his or her duties as such an officer; metropolitan region has the meaning given in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); non‑profit association means a society, club, institution, or body that is not for the purpose of trading or securing pecuniary profit for its members from its transactions; person means an individual or an entity; Rules means the District Court Rules 1996 1 or the rules applicable to the District Court under section 87 of the Act; small business means — [(a) deleted] (b) a business undertaking that is wholly owned and operated by an individual or individuals in partnership and has less than 20 full‑time equivalent employees or partners; (c) a corporation that has less than 20 full‑time equivalent employees and that is not a subsidiary of a corporation that has 20 or more full‑time equivalent employees; (d) a co‑operative as defined in the Co‑operatives Act 2009 that has less than 20 full‑time equivalent employees and that is not a subsidiary of another co‑operative or corporation that has 20 or more full‑time equivalent employees; (e) a corporation within the meaning of the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 that has less than 20 full‑time equivalent employees and that is not a body that would be a subsidiary, if the corporation were a corporation to which the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth applies, of a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth or the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 that has 20 or more full‑time equivalent employees; subsidiary has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth. [Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5702; 14 Jun 2016 p. 1879‑80; SL 2023/120 r. 14.]