New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL PROCEDURE REGULATION 2005 - REG 9

9 Payment of hearing allocation fees

(1A) This clause applies in relation to civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the District Court.

(1) A hearing allocation fee in relation to any proceedings is payable:

(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), by the plaintiff, or

(b) if the court makes any order as to the payment of the fee, by the parties and in the proportions so ordered.

(2) If a party is carrying on proceedings by a solicitor or other person, the party and solicitor or other person are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the hearing allocation fee.

(3) A hearing allocation fee is not payable in relation to any interlocutory hearing or to a trial for the assessment of damages only.

(4) A hearing allocation fee becomes payable:

(a) immediately after a date is allocated for hearing the proceedings, or

(b) when the court or a registrar notifies the parties in writing of the court’s intention to allocate a date for hearing the proceedings,

whichever first occurs.