Section 230 — District Court Act 2016: Regulations

230 Regulations The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes: (a) prescribing the applications, matters, and proceedings for which fees are payable under this Act: (b) prescribing fees payable in respect of applications, matters, and proceedings, including fees for the filing and service of documents, in the District Court under this Act or any other Act: (c) prescribing fees payable to persons giving evidence and to referees and arbitrators in proceedings in the District Court under this Act or any other Act: (d) in relation to a service performed by a Registrar or Deputy Registrar under this Act and specified in regulations made under paragraph (e), authorising a Registrar or Deputy Registrar to charge a reasonable fee calculated on the actual expense incurred in performing the service: (e) specifying the services (other than services for which a fee is already prescribed under this Act) performed by a Registrar or Deputy Registrar under this Act for which a fee may be charged: (f) making provision in relation to the postponement, under the regulations, of the payment of any fee, including (without limitation) provision— (i) for the recovery of the fee after the expiry of the period of postponement; and (ii) for restrictions to apply (after the expiry of the period of postponement and so long as the fee remains unpaid) to the steps that may be taken in the proceedings in respect of which the fee is payable: (g) providing for the manner in which an application for the exercise of a power specified in section 231(1) or 232(1) is to be made, including, without limitation, requiring the application to be in a form approved for the purpose by the chief executive: (h) providing for the refund of fees paid for a review of a decision of a Registrar or Deputy Registrar if the decision is overturned in its entirety by a Judge: (i) providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration. Compare: 1947 No 16 s 123