Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to a person 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 proceeding; or
(b) the person is:
(i) the holder of any of the following cards issued by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs:
(A) a health care card;
(B) a pensioner concession card;
(C) a Commonwealth seniors health card; or
(ii) the holder of any other card issued by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs, that certifies the holder's entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions; or
(iii) serving a sentence of imprisonment, or otherwise lawfully detained in a public institution; or
(iv) aged less than 18 years; or
(v) receiving youth allowance or Austudy payment, within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 ; or
(vi) receiving benefit under ABSTUDY, within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 .
(2) In paragraph (1) (b), holder , of a card, does not include a dependant of the holder.
(3) The reduced fee is payable, instead of the full fee, on the first occasion the full fee would otherwise be payable by the person in a proceeding.
(4) When a fee mentioned in subregulation (3) is paid by the person in a proceeding, no other fees mentioned in Part 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 are payable by the person in connection with the proceeding.
(5) This regulation applies to each new proceeding that is commenced.
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