Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A fee is not payable for an action if the fee has been paid by a person other than the person liable to pay the fee.
(2) A fee is not payable for the following proceedings:
(a) an application for a divorce order in relation to a marriage that was previously dissolved or annulled under the Family Law Act 1975 or the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 ;
(b) an application for an extension of the time within which a proceeding may be commenced;
(c) a proceeding for which a Convention to which Australia is a party provides that a fee is not payable;
(d) a proceeding under the Family Law Act 1975 about any of the following:
(i) rescission of a divorce order;
(ii) a parenting plan;
(iii) child maintenance;
(iv) a recovery order within the meaning of section 67Q of that Act;
(v) a custody order, residence order, or an order that a child lives with a person, made by an overseas court;
(vi) a custody order, residence order, or an order that a child lives with a person, made by a court in Australia and enforceable overseas;
(vii) a maintenance order made by an overseas court;
(viii) a maintenance order made by a court in Australia that is enforceable overseas;
(ix) spousal maintenance;
(x) leave, under section 102A of that Act, for a child to be examined;
(xi) an application for enforcement of an order;
(xii) contravention of an order;
(xiii) contempt of court;
(xiv) an application for an injunction under section 114 of that Act;
(xv) costs;
(xvi) an interlocutory, interim or procedural matter;
(e) a proceeding under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 or the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 ;
(f) a proceeding under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 ;
(g) an application mentioned in column 2 of item 12 of Schedule 1 (except the filing fee mentioned in column 3 of the item);
(h) an application mentioned in column 2 of item 13 of Schedule 1 (except the filing fee mentioned in column 3 of the item);
(3) A fee is not payable if the person liable to pay the fee is exempt from payment of the fee under regulation 8.
Note A fee may be waived under regulation 9.