South Australia
Magistrates Court (Fees) Regulations 2004
under the Magistrates Court Act 1991

Contents
1	Short title
3	Interpretation
4	Fees
Schedule 1—Fees in Civil (General Claims) Division and Civil (Minor Claims) Division
Schedule 2—Fees in Criminal Division
Schedule 3—Fees in Petty Sessions Division
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Fees) Regulations 2004.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Magistrates Court Act 1991;
corporation has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
not‑for‑profit organisation means a corporation that is not for the purpose of trading or securing a pecuniary profit for its members from its transactions;
prescribed corporation means a corporation other than—
	(a)	a small business; or
	(b)	a not‑for‑profit organisation;
small business means a corporation that— 
	(a)	has less than 20 full‑time equivalent employees; and
	(b)	is not a subsidiary of a corporation that has 20 or more full‑time employees;
subsidiary has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
4—Fees
	(1)	The fees set out in Schedule 1 are payable to the Court in relation to proceedings in—
	(a)	the Civil (General Claims) Division; or
	(b)	the Civil (Minor Claims) Division; or
	(c)	the Civil (Consumer and Business) Division.
	(2)	The fees set out in Schedule 2 are payable to the Court in relation to proceedings in the Criminal Division.
	(3)	The fees payable for inspection or copying of material under section 51 of the Act are the appropriate fees set out in the Schedules.
	(4)	The Court may require a non-refundable deposit as security for the payment of fees for the production of a transcript of the hearing of a case at the request of a party where the Court does not require the transcript.

Schedule 1—Fees in Civil (General Claims) Division and Civil (Minor Claims) Division

1	On issuing a Final Notice of Claim under the rules		
		(a)	in the case of a Notice of Claim filed using the online portal	$20.60	
		(b)	in any other case	$50.00	
2	On commencement of minor civil action	$140.00	
3	On lodging a counterclaim or a third party notice in a minor civil action	$140.00	
4	On commencement of any other action under the Magistrates Court Act 1991—		
		(a)	in the case of a prescribed corporation	$515.00	
		(b)	in any other case	$304.00	
5	On lodging a counterclaim or a third party notice in any other action under the Magistrates Court Act 1991—		
		(a)	in the case of a prescribed corporation	$515.00	
		(b)	in any other case	$304.00	
6	For issuing and administering an investigation or examination summons under the Magistrates Court Act 1991	$53.50	
7	On commencement of action under any other Act or issuing a summons on such action	$140.00	
8	On lodging a counterclaim or a third party notice in any action under any other Act	$140.00	
9	For publishing an advertisement	actual costs reasonably incurred	
10	For each request to search and inspect a record of the Court	$23.10	
11	For copy of evidence—		
		(a)	per page in electronic form	$7.75	
		(b)	per page in hard‑copy form	$10.00	
12	For copy of reasons for judgment—per page
Note—
1 copy will be supplied to a party to the proceedings free of charge.	$7.75	
13	For copy of any other document—per page	$4.70	
14	For production of transcript at request of a party where the Court does not require the transcript—per page	$15.70	
15	Adjudication of costs: on lodging a bill of costs (other than in a minor civil action)	$72.50	
16	For opening Registry (or Registry remaining open) after hours for urgent execution of process—for each hour or part of an hour	$372.00	
17	For opening Court (or Court remaining open) after hours for urgent hearing—for each hour or part of an hour	$1 119.00	

Schedule 2—Fees in Criminal Division

1	On commencement of proceedings for summary applications, summary offences, minor indictable offences or indictable offences	$260.00 plus if the complaint or information alleges more than 1 offence—$47.50	
2	For issuing a warrant of commitment	$51.50	
3	For copy of evidence—		
		(a)	per page in electronic form	$7.75	
		(b)	per page in hard‑copy form	$10.00	
4	For copy of reasons for judgment—per page
(1 copy will be supplied to a party to the proceedings free of charge.)	$7.75	
5	For copy of any other document—per page	$4.70	
6	For production of transcript at request of a party where the Court does not require the transcript—per page	$15.70	
7	For each request to search and inspect a record of the Court	$23.10	

Schedule 3—Fees in Petty Sessions Division

1	On lodging an appeal against an enforcement determination under section 14 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996	$53.50	

Legislative history
Notes
	•	Variations of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.
	•	Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
	•	Earlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Legislation revoked by principal regulations
The Magistrates Court (Fees) Regulations 2004 revoked the following:
Magistrates Court (Fees) Regulations 1992
Principal regulations and variations
New entries appear in bold.
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
2004	51	Gazette 27.5.2004 p1447	1.7.2004: r 2	
2005	127	Gazette 26.5.2005 p1609 (Erratum Gazette 16.6.2005 p1830)	1.7.2005: r 2	
2006	146	Gazette 15.6.2006 p1902	1.7.2006: r 2	
2007	97	Gazette 7.6.2007 p2411	1.7.2007: r 2	
2008	86	Gazette 5.6.2008 p2013	1.7.2008: r 2	
2009	103	Gazette 4.6.2009 p2521	1.7.2009: r 2	
2010	132	Gazette 10.6.2010 p2965	1.7.2010: r 2	
2011	146	Gazette 9.6.2011 p2399	1.7.2011: r 2	
2012	145	Gazette 31.5.2012 p2535	1.7.2012: r 2	
2013	7	Gazette 7.2.2013 p265	7.2.2013: r 2	
2013	119	Gazette 6.6.2013 p2288	1.7.2013: r 2	
2014	30	Gazette 30.1.2014 p462	3.2.2014: r 2	
2014	127	Gazette 19.6.2014 p2633	1.7.2014: r 2	
2015	76	Gazette 18.6.2015 p2596	1.7.2015: r 2	
2016	151	Gazette 23.6.2016 p2405	1.7.2016 except Pt 3 (rr 5 & 6)—1.9.2016: r 2	
2016	272	Gazette 1.12.2016 p4586	4.12.2016: r 2	
2017	158	Gazette 22.6.2017 p2429	1.7.2017: r 2	
Provisions varied
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 2	omitted under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2005	
r 3			
corporation	inserted by 146/2011 r 4	1.7.2011	
not-for-profit organisation	inserted by 146/2011 r 4	1.7.2011	
prescribed corporation	inserted by 146/2011 r 4	1.7.2011	
small business	inserted by 146/2011 r 4	1.7.2011	
subsidiary	inserted by 146/2011 r 4	1.7.2011	
Sch 1	substituted by 127/2005 r 4	1.7.2005	
	substituted by 146/2006 r 4	1.7.2006	
	substituted by 97/2007 r 4	1.7.2007	
	substituted by 86/2008 r 4	1.7.2008	
	substituted by 103/2009 r 4	1.7.2009	
	substituted by 132/2010 r 4	1.7.2010	
	substituted by 146/2011 r 5	1.7.2011	
	substituted by 145/2012 r 4	1.7.2012	
	substituted by 119/2013 r 4	1.7.2013	
	substituted by 127/2014 r 4	1.7.2014	
	substituted by 76/2015 r 4	1.7.2015	
	substituted by 151/2016 r 4	1.7.2016	
	varied by 151/2016 r 5	1.9.2016	
	varied by 272/2016 r 4	4.12.2016	
Sch 2	substituted by 127/2005 r 4	1.7.2005	
	substituted by 146/2006 r 4	1.7.2006	
	substituted by 97/2007 r 4	1.7.2007	
	substituted by 86/2008 r 4	1.7.2008	
	substituted by 103/2009 r 4	1.7.2009	
	substituted by 132/2010 r 4	1.7.2010	
	substituted by 146/2011 r 5	1.7.2011	
	substituted by 145/2012 r 4	1.7.2012	
	varied by 7/2013 r 4(1), (2)	7.2.2013	
	substituted by 119/2013 r 4	1.7.2013	
	substituted by 127/2014 r 4	1.7.2014	
	substituted by 76/2015 r 4	1.7.2015	
	substituted by 151/2016 r 4	1.7.2016	
	varied by 151/2016 r 6	1.9.2016	
Sch 3	omitted under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2005	
	inserted by 30/2014 r 4	3.2.2014	
	substituted by 127/2014 r 4	1.7.2014	
	substituted by 76/2015 r 4	1.7.2015	
	substituted by 151/2016 r 4	1.7.2016	
Historical versions
1.7.2005		
1.7.2006		
1.7.2007		
1.7.2008		
1.7.2009		
1.7.2010		
1.7.2011		
1.7.2012		
7.2.2013		
1.7.2013		
3.2.2014		
1.7.2014		
1.7.2015		
1.7.2016		
1.9.2016