Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Refund of Fees) Amendment Act 2002
Act 2002 No 36

An Act to amend the Magistrates Court Act 1930 

    
    
Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 10 October 2002
(see www.legislation.act.gov.au)

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Magistrates Court (Refund of Fees) Amendment Act 2002.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
3	Act amended
This Act amends the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
4	Remission, refund, deferral, waiver and exemption of fees
New sections 248C (3) to (5)
insert
	(3)	If the administrative appeals tribunal is satisfied that a proceeding ends in a way that is favourable to an applicant for a review by the tribunal of a decision, it may order another party to the proceeding to pay the amount of the application fee to the applicant.
	(4)	Subsection (3) applies to an application that ends after subsection (3) commences, whether the application was made before or after the commencement of subsection (3).
	(5)	Subsection (4) and this subsection expire 1 year after subsection (3) commences.

Endnotes
Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 26 June 2002]

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Magistrates Court (Refund of Fees) Amendment Bill 2002 which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 25 September 2002.

		Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

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