Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person is exempt from payment of a fee if:
(a) the person has been granted legal aid, under a legal aid scheme or service established under Commonwealth, State or Territory law or approved by the Attorney‑General, for the proceedings for which the fee would otherwise be payable; or
(b) the person is:
(i) the holder of a concession card; or
(ii) an inmate of a prison or is otherwise lawfully held in a public institution; or
(iii) a child under the age of 18; or
(iv) in receipt of a youth allowance, or an Austudy payment, within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 ; or
(v) in receipt of benefits under the Commonwealth student assistance scheme known as the ABSTUDY Scheme.
(2) For paragraph (1) (b), concession card means:
(a) any of the following cards issued by the Department of Family and Community Services:
(i) a health care card;
(ii) a pensioner concession card;
(iii) a seniors health card; or
(b) any other card issued by the Department of Family and Community Services or the Department of Veterans' Affairs that certifies entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions.
(3) For subparagraph (1) (b) (i), holder of a concession card does not include a dependant of the holder of the card.