Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL MAGISTRATES REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 9

         (1)   If a Registrar or an authorised officer, having regard to the income, day-to-day living expenses, liabilities and assets of a person liable to pay a fee mentioned in Schedule 1, considers that payment of the fee would cause financial hardship to the person, the Registrar or authorised officer may:

                (a)    if the fee is less than the reduced fee -- impose the fee on each occasion the fee is payable; and

               (b)    in any other case -- impose the reduced fee on each occasion the fee is payable instead of the fee for which the person would otherwise be liable.

         (2)   However, if subregulation (1) applies, the reduced fee is payable only once for setting down, and no fee is payable for a hearing, regardless of the number of hearing days.

Note    Regulation 13 provides for the review of a decision of a Registrar or an authorised officer.