Levy to be paid to courts
5 Levy to be paid to courts
There shall be paid to the proper officer of the appropriate court —
upon the issue of any writ of summons whereby an action is commenced in the Supreme Court or The District Court of Western Australia;
upon the commencement of any case in the Magistrates Court under the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004; or
upon the issue of any summons or court hearing notice under the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 in respect of a prosecution notice to be dealt with by a court of summary jurisdiction,
in addition to any fee which may be payable in respect thereof under any Act or rules of any court, a levy of an amount prescribed by the regulations.
The levy is imposed.
The words “or The District Court of Western Australia”, in subsection (1)(a), are deemed to have been included therein on and from 1 April 1970.
The regulations may prescribe different amounts of levy for different processes or classes of process.
Nothing in this section is to be taken as limiting the operation of the Interpretation Act 1984 section 43.
[Section 5 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 57 of 1971 s. 4; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 78; No. 8 of 2019 s. 4; No. 9 of 2019 s. 4.]
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
, The regulations may prescribe
). Made under this Act:
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