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Small Claims Regulations

3.	Fees for filing document
	1.	Statement of Claim under Part 7 of the Rules	$ 65.00
	2.	Application for rehearing or a Notice of Appeal from an Order made by a Registrar under Part 23	$ 50.00

4.	Service Fee
	1.	Personal service of a document in proceedings is the Fee specified in item 5 of the Schedule to the Local Court Regulations

5.	Fee for copy of orders, inspections etc.
	1.	The fee payable for a certified copy of an order under Part 21 of the Rules is the fee specified in item 3 of the Schedule to the Local Court Regulations
	2.	The fee payable for inspection and copies of a Document relating to proceedings is the fee specified In item 4 of the Schedule to the Local Court Regulations

6.	Recovery of disbursements
	1.	All disbursements reasonably incurred by a party or by a legal practitioner on behalf of a party in proceedings Are recoverable as part of the judgment whether or not the disbursements have been claim in the statement of claim

7.	Exemption from payment of fee
	(1)	Despite regulations 3, 4 and 5, a person acting in proceedings for or by uthority of the Territory is exempt, in relation to the proceedings, from payment of the fees specified in these Regulations.
	(2)	A person who is exempt from payment of a fee under subregulation (1) is entitled to recover, as part of a judgment debt as if it were a cost incurred, an amount equal to the fee that would, but for subregulation (1), have been payable.
	(3)	A person referred to in subregulation (2) must, on recovery of the fee, pay to the Court an amount equal to that fee.

8.	Waiver of fee in case of hardship
	If, in a particular case, the Registrar is of the opinion that the payment of a fee under regulation 3, 4 or 5 would cause hardship to the party who must pay the fee, the Registrar may waive payment of the whole or a part of the fee.