Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(regulations 2 and 3)
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Consular act |
Fee |
| 1 | Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation, with
or without witness of signature | $20 |
| 2 | Marking an exhibit to an affidavit or
declaration in writing | $10 |
| 3 | Witnessing: | $20 |
| (a) the signature; or | ||
| (b) the seal; or | ||
| (c) the signature and seal; | ||
| of an authority or person,
other than a person mentioned in section 3 of the Act | ||
| 4 | Signing a document,
or affixing a seal to a document or other article, in a case not otherwise
specified in this Schedule | $20 |
| 5 | Signing and affixing a seal to a document
in a case not otherwise specified in this Schedule | $20 |
| 6 | Preparing a
declaration or other document in a case not otherwise specified in this
Schedule or taking down in writing an oral declaration or deposition made
before a person mentioned in section 3 of the Act | $30 and, in addition, $20
for each 50 words, or part of 50 words, by which the document exceeds 50 words
|
| 7 | Making and certifying a copy of a document or part of a document | $30 and,
in addition: (a) if the consular act |
| includes the typing of the document
or a part of the document — $20 for each 50 typed words | ||
| (b) $2
for each copy, other than the first typed copy, of a page of the document | ||
| 8 |
Verifying and certifying a copy of a document or part of a document | $30 and,
in addition: |
| (a) if the consular act includes the typing of the document or
a part of the document — $20 for each page | ||
| (b) $10 for each copy,
other than the first typed copy, of a page of the document | ||
| 9 | Uniting
documents and affixing a seal to the fastening | $20 |
| 10 | Initialling
alterations to, or interlineations in, a document not prepared by a person
mentioned in section 3 of the Act | $5 for each 3 initiallings, or part of 3
initiallings |
| 11 | Taking evidence under a commission or order from a court |
$50 for each hour, or part of an hour, spent in taking the evidence or $200,
whichever is the greater |
| 12 | Effecting, or attempting to effect, service of a
document and issuing a certificate or affidavit of service or attempted
service | $30 |
| 13 | Transmitting through official channels a document or other
article | $12 and, in addition, the amount of the postal charges which would be
payable if the document or article were transmitted by post |
| 14 | Witnessing
the execution of a will | $40 |
| 15 | Transferring funds through official
accounts, other than for the purposes of the realisation of a deceased estate |
$40 |
| 15A | Preparation and issue of an Apostille (being a certificate of the
kind referred to in Article 3 of the Hague Convention Abolishing the
Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents) | $60 |
| 16 | The
performance of a consular act specified in a preceding item of this Schedule: |
$10 and, in addition: (a) if the act is performed away from diplomatic |
| (a)
away from diplomatic or consular premises; or (b) outside the hours when those premises are open to the public for business | or consular premises: (i) the cost of the travel of a person mentioned in section 3 of the Act from those premises to the place where he or she performs the act | |
| (ii) if the
person is required to be absent overnight from his or her usual place of
residence — the cost of his or her meals and accommodation | ||
| (b) if
the act is performed outside the hours when those premises are open to the
public for business — the amount of the remuneration (if any) of the
person in respect of the period in which the act was performed |
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