Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Regulation 5 does not apply to a person liable to pay a fee who, when the fee mentioned in subregulation 5 (1), (2), (3) or (4) must be paid is:
(a) an approved user of court services; or
(b) represented by a legal practitioner who is an approved user of court services.
(2) If a person liable to pay a fee has not paid that fee, the Court may invoice for that fee:
(a) if paragraph (1) (a) applies -- the person; or
(b) if paragraph (1) (b) applies:
(i) the person; or
(ii) the legal practitioner mentioned in that paragraph.
(3) An approved user must pay the invoiced fees within 30 days after receiving the invoice.
(4) Subregulation (1) ceases to apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (2) (a) or (b) at the end of the period mentioned in subregulation (3) if the invoiced fees are unpaid.
(5) In this regulation:
"approved" means approved by the Registrar.
(6) In deciding whether to approve a user for this regulation, the Registrar may have regard to the following matters:
(a) the user's financial history with the Court, including frequency of dealings and whether fees have been paid;
(b) whether the user provides a guarantee;
(c) whether the user is, or is likely to be, a regular user of court services;
(d) the financial circumstances of the user;
(e) any other matter the Registrar considers relevant.
(7) An approval may be made subject to conditions stated in the approval.