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Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Fees)
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Commencement 2
4. Fees 2
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STATUTORY RULES 2001
S.R. No. 160/2001
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Fees)
Regulations 2001
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 18 December 2001
Responsible Minister:
ROB HULLS
Attorney-General
HELEN DOYE
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a) to prescribe fees payable with respect to
proceedings in the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal; and
(b) to prescribe a fee for the issue of a warrant of
possession; and
(c) to prescribe fees for the inspection of the
register of proceedings and the provision of
copies of proceedings file.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under section 161 of
the Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Act 1998.
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3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 February 2002.
4. Fees
(1) The fees payable at the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal are set out in the Scale of
Fees in the Table.
(2) If a proceeding is commenced under more than
one enabling enactment, only one fee is payable.
(3) If the fees differ according to the enabling
enactment concerned, the applicable fee is the
higher or highest fee in the Scale of Fees for that
enabling enactment.
TABLE
SCALE OF FEES
A. COMMENCEMENT OF
PROCEEDINGS
1. No fee is payable for the commencement
of proceedings under the following
enabling enactments or provisions of
enabling enactments—
(a) Adoption Act 1984 section
129A(1)(a);
(b) Children and Young Persons Act
1989;
(c) Community Services Act 1970;
(d) Equal Opportunity Act 1995;
(e) Freedom of Information Act 1982
applications under section 50(2) if—
(i) the application is for the review of
a deemed decision under section 53
refusing to grant access to a
document; or
(ii) the applicant is a natural person
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and the document to which access
is sought contains information
relating to the applicant's personal
affairs;
(f) Guardianship and Administration
Act 1986;
(g) Mental Health Act 1986 (except
sections 79, 86 and 120);
(h) Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Part 10.
(i) Trustee Companies Act 1984
2. (1) For registering an order made in
another jurisdiction under section 108
of the Consumer Credit (Victoria)
Code.
(2) For the commencement of proceedings
under the following enabling
enactments—
(a) Consumer Credit (Victoria)
Code—
(i) sections 34(5), 35, 36(6),
44(4), 47(3), 68(1), 69,
72(1), 77(1), 79, 80(4)(c),
82(b), 83(1), 88(1), 89(1),
92, 93, 94(2), 98, 107(1),
109(1), 111, 112(4),
156(2)(e), 157(1) and
172(4)(b);
(ii) section 101 if the application
is not made by a credit
provider or the Director;
(iii) section 114 if the application
is not made by a credit
provider or the Director;
(b) Credit Act 1984 sections 47, 62,
74(5), 76, 81, 85B (if the
application is not made by a
credit provider), 93, 95(1), 97,
104, 106, 107(8), 110(1), 111,
112, 114, 115, 116(7), 118 and
139(6);
(c) Environment Protection Act
1970 sections 33(1)(b) and
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33A(1)(b);
(d) Fair Trading Act 1999 (where
the amount sought is under
$10 000);
(e) Motor Car Traders Act 1986
section 45;
(f) Planning and Environment Act
1987 sections 39(1), 79, 81(b),
87, 89, 93, 114, 120, 121, 123,
149, 149A, 149B and 184;
(g) Residential Tenancies Act 1997
except Part 10;
(h) Small Claims Act 1973;
(i) Subdivision Act 1988 sections
36, 39 and 40;
(j) Water Act 1989 section 19;
(k) Water Industry Act 1994
section 74 $30
3. For the commencement of proceedings
under the following enabling
enactments—
(a) Consumer Credit (Victoria) Code
for any application (other than an
application by the Director) to the
Tribunal that is not otherwise referred
to in these Regulations;
(b) Credit Act 1984 for any application
(other than an application by the
Director) to the Tribunal that is not
otherwise referred to in these
Regulations;
(c) Consumer Credit (Victoria) Act
1995 sections 37N and 37O;
(d) Credit (Administration) Act 1984;
(e) Local Government Act 1989 section
183;
(f) Valuation of Land Act 1960. $125
4. For the commencement of proceedings
under the following enabling
enactments—
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(a) Accident Compensation Act
1985;
(b) Adoption Act 1984 section
129A;
(c) Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals (Control of Use) Act
1992;
(d) Architects Act 1991;
(e) Barley Marketing Act 1993;
(f) Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Act 1996;
(g) Biological Control Act 1986;
(h) Building Act 1993;
(i) Catchment and Land
Protection Act 1994;
(j) Chattel Securities Act 1987;
(k) Children's Services Act 1996;
(l) Conservation, Forests and
Lands Act 1987;
(m) Consumer Credit (Victoria)
Code section 101 (if the
application is made by a credit
provider and the number of
contracts that are the subject of
the application does not exceed
3000);
(n) Country Fire Authority Act
1958;
(o) Credit Act 1984 sections 85,
85B and 86 if the application is
made by a credit provider and the
number of contracts that are the
subject of the application does
not exceed 3000;
(p) Dairy Act 2000;
(q) Dangerous Goods Act 1985;
(r) Debits Tax Act 1990;
(s) Dental Practice Act 1999;
(t) Domestic Building Contracts
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Act 1995 where the amount
sought is less than $100 000 or
where no specific amount is
sought;
(u) Domestic (Feral and Nuisance)
Animals Act 1994;
(v) Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981 section
69B;
(w) Education Act 1958;
(x) Emergency Management Act
1986;
(y) Emergency Services
Superannuation Act 1986;
(z) Environment Protection Act
1970 except sections 33(1)(b)
and 33A(1)(b);
(za) Equipment (Public Safety) Act
1994;
(zb) Estate Agents Act 1980;
(zc) Extractive Industries
Development Act 1995;
(zd) Fair Trading Act 1999 where
the claim is $10 000 or more, but
not exceeding $100 000;
(ze) Financial Institutions Duty Act
1982;
(zf) Firearms Act 1996;
(zg) First Home Owner Grant Act
2000;
(zh) Flora and Fauna Guarantee
Act 1988;
(zi) Freedom of Information Act
1982 applications under sections
50(2) except—
(i) applications for review of a
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deemed decision under
section 53 refusing to grant
access to a document; or
(ii) if the applicant is a natural
person and the document to
which access is sought
contains information relating
to the applicant's personal
affairs;
(zj) Gaming No. 2 Act 1997;
(zk) Health Act 1958;
(zl) Health Services Act 1988;
(zm) Heritage Act 1995;
(zn) House Contract Guarantee Act
1987;
(zo) Industrial and Provident
Societies Act 1958;
(zp) Infertility Treatment Act 1995;
(zq) Instruments Act 1958;
(zr) Land Acquisition and
Compensation Act 1986;
(zs) Land Tax Act 1958;
(zt) Liquor Control Reform Act
1998;
(zu) Litter Act 1987;
(zv) Livestock Disease Control Act
1994;
(zw) Local Government Act 1989
except section 183;
(zx) Lotteries Gaming and Betting
Act 1966;
(zy) Marine Act 1988;
(zz) Meat Industry Act 1993;
(zza) Medical Practice Act 1994;
(zzb) Medical Treatment Act 1988;
(zzc) Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act
1958;
(zzd) Mildura College Lands Act
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1916 section 2(ec) (decision of
Valuer-General on value of land);
(zze) Mineral Resources
Development Act 1990;
(zzf) Motor Car Traders Act 1986
except applications under
section 45;
(zzg) Nurses Act 1993;
(zzh) Occupational Health and
Safety Act 1985;
(zzi) Occupational Health and Safety
(Certification of Plant Users and
Operators) Regulations 1994 1;
(zzj) Optometrists Registration Act
1996;
(zzk) Osteopaths Registration Act
1996;
(zzl) Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Act 1968;
(zzm) Pay-roll Tax Act 1971;
(zzn) Physiotherapists Registration
Act 1998;
(zzo) Pipelines Act 1967 section 22B;
(zzp) Planning and Environment Act
1987 except sections 39(1), 79,
81(b), 87, 89, 93, 114, 120, 121,
123, 149, 149A, 149B and 184
and if the project is valued at less
than $5000;
(zzq) Plant Health and Plant
Products Act 1995;
(zzr) Podiatrists Registration Act
1997;
(zzs) Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act 1986;
(zzt) Private Agents Act 1966;
(zzu) Professional Boxing and
Martial Arts Act 1985;
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(zzv) Prostitution Control Act 1994;
(zzw) Public Transport Competition
Act 1995;
(zzx) Racing Act 1958;
(zzy) Retail Tenancies Reform Act
1998 where the amount sought is
less than $100 000 or where no
specific amount is sought;
(zzz) Road Transport (Dangerous
Goods) Act 1995;
(zzza) Second-Hand Dealers and
Pawnbrokers Act 1989;
(zzzb) State Employees Retirement
Benefits Act 1979;
(zzzc) State Superannuation Act
1988;
(zzzd) Subdivision Act 1988 except
sections 36, 30 and 40;
(zzze) Superannuation (Portability)
Act 1989;
(zzzf) Taxation Administration Act
1997;
(zzzg) Tertiary Education Act 1993;
(zzzh) The Constitution Act
Amendment Act 1958;
(zzzi) Therapeutic Goods (Victoria)
Act 1994;
(zzzj) Trade Measurement Act 1995
section 59;
(zzzk) Transport Accident Act 1986;
(zzzl) Transport Act 1983;
(zzzm) Transport (Roads and Property)
Regulations 1993 2
;
(zzzn) Transport Superannuation Act
1988;
(zzzo) Travel Agents Act 1986;
(zzzp) Trustee Companies Act 1984;
(zzzq) Veterinary Practice Act 1997;
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(zzzr) Victims of Crime Assistance
Act 1996;
(zzzs) Victoria State Emergency
Service Act 1987;
(zzzt) Victoria State Emergency Service
Regulations 1995 3
;
(zzzu) Victorian Plantations
Corporation Act 1993;
(zzzv) Vocational Education and
Training Act 1990;
(zzzw) Water Act 1989 except
section 19;
(zzzx) Water Industry Act 1994;
(zzzy) Wildlife Act 1975. $250
5. For the commencement of proceedings
under the following enabling
enactments—
(a) Domestic Building Contracts Act
1995 if the amount sought is $100 000
or more;
(b) Fair Trading Act 1999 if the amount
sought is $100 000 or more;
(c) Retail Tenancies Reform Act 1998
where the amount sought is $100 000
or more; $500
6. For the commencement of proceedings
under the following enabling
enactments—
(a) Consumer Credit (Victoria) Code
section 101 (if the application is made
by a credit provider and the number of
contracts that are the subject of the
application exceeds 3000);
(b) Credit Act 1984 sections 85, 85B and
86 (if the application is made by a
credit provider and the number of
contracts that are the subject of the
application exceeds 3000);
(c) Planning and Environment Act 1987
except sections 39(1), 79, 81(b), 87,
89, 93, 114, 120, 121, 123, 149, 149A,
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149B and 184 if the development is
valued in excess of $5 000 000; $1000
7. For the commencement of a proceeding
under any enabling enactment not shown
in this Table $250
B. HEARING FEES
1. For hearing proceedings arising under the
Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995
or the Retail Tenancies Reform Act
1998—
(a) for each day or part of a day up to day
5 (except for the first day if the amount
sought in the claim is $10 000 or less)
$100
(b) for each day or part of days 6 to 9 $200
(c) for each day or part of a day after
day 9 $250
C. OTHER FEES
1. For lodgement of a bill of costs for
assessment by the registrar $125
2. For the issue of a summons to witness $10
3. For inspection of a proceeding file by a
person who is not a party to the
proceeding $25
4. For inspection of each additional
proceeding file at the same time as the
first proceeding file by a person who is
not a party to the proceeding $4
5. For the provision by the registrar of a
copy of the register or a document from a
proceedings file
50c per
page
6. For the issue of a warrant of possession
under section 351 of the Residential
Tenancies Act 1997 $60
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 108/1994. Reprint No. 2 as at 17 July 1998. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 5/1998.
2 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 268/1993. Reprint No. 2 as at 23 March 2000. Reprinted
to S.R. No. 123/1999.
3 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 17/1995.
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