South Australia
Sheriff's Regulations 1992
under the Sheriff's Act 1978

Contents
1	Short title
3	Fees
4	Participating bodies
5	Safe keeping and disposal of items
Schedule—Fees
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Sheriff's Regulations 1992.
3—Fees
	(1)	The fees set out in the Schedule are payable to the sheriff in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court, District Court or Magistrates Court.
	(3)	In addition to the fees set out in the Schedule, the expenses reasonably incurred by the sheriff in the service of a document or execution of any process are payable to the sheriff including expenses incurred in relation to the following:
	(a)	meals while travelling;
	(b)	labour and removal of goods;
	(c)	cartage;
	(d)	storage;
	(e)	insurance;
	(f)	advertisements;
	(g)	seizure and maintenance of animals;
	(h)	postage;
	(i)	telephone calls;
	(j)	engaging assistants;
	(k)	engaging auctioneers or agents;
	(l)	conducting a sale of land or goods.
	(4)	The sheriff may require—
	(a)	a deposit as security for the payment of fees before commencing any proceeding or at any time during the course of the proceeding; and
	(b)	a written undertaking to pay any further fees which may become payable above the amount of the deposit.
	(5)	The fee for service of a document or execution of a process is payable despite the document not being served or the process not being executed if—
	(a)	the officer who attempted to serve the document or execute the process obtained information about the defendant of value to the plaintiff; or
	(b)	the sheriff is satisfied that other special circumstances exist justifying the fee,
and a written report on the results of the attempted service or execution has been provided to the plaintiff.
4—Participating bodies
For the purposes of the definition of participating body in section 4 of the Act, the following are declared to be participating bodies:
	(a)	Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia;
	(b)	Workers Compensation Tribunal.
5—Safe keeping and disposal of items
	(1)	If a person fails, on leaving the premises of a participating body, to collect items held in safe keeping while the person is on the premises (see section 9G(h)(i) of the Act), the sheriff—
	(a)	must take reasonable care, for a period of 30 days, of the items (other than perishable items); and
	(b)	may, in the sheriff's absolute discretion—
	(i)	in the case of perishable items—destroy or otherwise dispose of the items;
	(ii)	in any other case—destroy or otherwise dispose of the items after taking reasonable care of them for the period referred to in paragraph (a).
	(2)	The items may be kept at any place considered appropriate by the sheriff and, before an item is released to a person, the person may be required to produce satisfactory evidence of identity and entitlement to the item.
	(3)	If the items are sold, the net proceeds of the sale must be paid into the Consolidated Account.

Schedule—Fees

1	Receiving and entering a writ of summons, notice, order or other document for service in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court or District Court	$27 per copy	
2	Receiving and entering a warrant or other process of execution in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court or District Court	$40	
3	Serving a writ of summons, other summons, claim, notice, order or other document where a written report must be submitted for preparation of an affidavit of service	$29.75 per copy	
4	Serving a writ of summons, other summons, claim, notice, order or other document where a written report need not be submitted for preparation of an affidavit of service	$25.55 per copy	
5	Conducting inquiries as necessary before the execution of a warrant or other process of execution	$29.75	
6	Executing a warrant or other process of execution or making an arrest	$56.40	
7	Additional fee if, under a warrant, personal property is seized and processed for sale	$56.40	
8	Allowance for travelling expenses incurred in the service of a document or execution of any process in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court or District Court (only one fee is payable on two or more processes served or executed at the same time on the same person or on different persons at the same address)	$0.90 per kilometre or part of a kilometre over 1 kilometre (one way)	
9	Poundage—		
		(a)	on a warrant of sale or other process of execution (other than on a warrant of possession enforced against real property), calculated on the amount realised on sale or if not sold on the value of the property seized or the amount of the judgement debt whichever is the lesser	$0.10 per $1 for the first $2 000 and $0.05 per $1 over $2 000	
		(b)	on a warrant of possession enforced against real property, calculated on the annual value (within the meaning of the Valuation of Land Act 1971) of the real property seized	$0.10 per $1 for the first $2 000 and $0.05 per $1 over $2 000	
10	Attendance by sheriff at court in charge of a person or to lodge a person in a gaol or other lock-up	$32 per hour or part hour, after the first hour	
11	Opening of office (or office remaining open) after hours for urgent execution of process	$179 per hour or part hour	

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.
Revocation of regulations
The Sheriff's Regulations 1992 were revoked by Sch 2 of the Sheriff's Regulations 2005 on 1.7.2005.
Principal regulations and variations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
1992	158	Gazette 2.7.1992 p236	6.7.1992: r 2	
1993	158	Gazette 1.7.1993 p369	1.7.1993: r 2	
1994	90	Gazette 23.6.1994 p1798	1.7.1994: r 2	
1995	67	Gazette 10.5.1995 p2028	1.7.1995: r 2	
1996	241	Gazette 14.11.1996 p1684	14.11.1996: r 2	
1997	69	Gazette 13.5.1997 p1845	1.7.1997: r 2	
1998	58	Gazette 28.5.1998 p2304	1.7.1998: r 2	
1999	127	Gazette 24.6.1999 p3281	1.7.1999: r 2	
2000	60	Gazette 25.5.2000 p2716	1.7.2000: r 2	
2000	237	Gazette 28.9.2000 p2298	29.9.2000: r 2	
2001	47	Gazette 31.5.2001 p1948	1.7.2001: r 2	
2002	84	Gazette 20.6.2002 p2578	1.7.2002: r 2	
2003	85	Gazette 29.5.2003 p2226	1.7.2003: r 2	
2004	56	Gazette 27.5.2004 p1463	1.7.2004: r 2 	
Provisions varied
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2002	1.7.2004	
r 3			
r 3(1)	varied by 241/1996 r 3(a), (b)	14.11.1996	
r 3(2)	deleted by 241/1996 r 3(c)	14.11.1996	
r 3(3)	varied by 241/1996 r 3(d), (e)	14.11.1996	
r 3(5)	substituted by 241/1996 r 3(f)	14.11.1996	
rr 4 and 5	inserted by 237/2000 r 3	29.9.2000	
Sch 1	varied by 158/1993 r 3	1.7.1993	
	varied by 90/1994 r 3	1.7.1994	
	varied by 67/1995 r 3	1.7.1995	
	deleted by 241/1996 r 4	14.11.1996	
Sch 2	varied by 158/1993 r 4	1.7.1993	
	varied by 90/1994 r 4	1.7.1994	
	varied by 67/1995 r 4	1.7.1995	
	deleted by 241/1996 r 4	14.11.1996	
Sch before substitution by 84/2002	inserted by 241/1996 r 4	14.11.1996	
	varied by 69/1997 r 3	1.7.1997	
	varied by 58/1998 r 3	1.7.1998	
	varied by 127/1999 r 3	1.7.1999	
	varied by 60/2000 r 3	1.7.2000	
	varied by 47/2001 r 3	1.7.2001	
Sch	substituted by 84/2002 r 3	1.7.2002	
	substituted by 85/2003 r 4	1.7.2003	
	substituted by 56/2004 r 4	1.7.2004