Section 219 — District Court Act 2016: Payment and recovery of fees

219 Payment and recovery of fees (1) All fees, except fees for keeping possession of, or for storing, removing, and selling, goods under a warrant, must be paid in the first instance by the party on whose behalf proceedings are taken. (2) Subsection (1) applies despite the fact that the party on whose behalf any proceedings are taken is the Crown or an agency of the Crown. (3) A Registrar or Deputy Registrar may not do anything for which a fee is payable unless the amount of the fee prescribed or determined under any enactment is paid or unless payment of the fee amount is waived or postponed. (4) An act for which a fee is payable is not invalid simply because the fee has not been paid. (5) If a person defaults on the payment of a fee,— (a) the court may order that payment be enforced; and (b) if the court makes the order, payment is enforced in the same way as the enforcement of a debt for which judgment has been given. (6) A schedule of the fees payable under this Act must be available to, and easily accessible by, members of the public. Compare: 1947 No 16 s 113