Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person who has paid a setting down fee is entitled to a refund of the fee if:
(a) notice that the hearing of the application for which the fee was paid will not go ahead is given to a Registrar:
(i) if the date for hearing was fixed less than 10 working days before that date -- not less than 2 working days before the date for hearing; or
(ii) in any other case -- not less than 10 working days before the date for hearing; and
(b) the hearing does not go ahead.
(2) A person who has paid a setting down fee is entitled to a refund of the fee if, despite notice being given to a Registrar under paragraph (1) (a), a hearing is conducted for the purpose of making formal orders.
(3) A person who has paid a mediation fee is entitled to a refund of the fee if the mediation does not happen and the Federal Magistrates Court, a Federal Magistrate or a Registrar orders a refund of the fee.
(4) A person who has paid a fee is entitled to a refund of the fee if the fee was not payable because of regulation 7.