District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

The Governor may make regulations prescribing matters —

required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act; or

necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.

Without limiting subsection (1A), the Governor may make regulations providing for or prescribing the fees to be paid —

when commencing a cause or matter; and

when entering a cause or matter for trial or at any other stage of proceedings in a cause or matter; and

when lodging a document with the Court; and

for the issue of any document by the Court; and

for the service of any document; and

in respect of the conduct of the business of any office of or connected with the Court; and

for the carrying out of any order or warrant of the Court.

Without limiting subsection (1A) or (1), regulations may prescribe the fees and expenses to be paid to mediators and experts.

If a question arises as to the fee payable or applicable in a particular case, the question is to be decided by the Principal Registrar.

A person affected by a decision of the Principal Registrar made under subsection (3) may have it reviewed by a District Court judge in a summary way.

All fees received by the Court are to be credited to the Consolidated Account.