Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01056:reg:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01056
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11
Character Range: 10094–11616

11  Persons exempt from paying fees
 (1) A person is exempt from paying a filing fee or a hearing fee if, at the time the fee is payable, one or more of the following apply:
 (a) the person has been granted legal aid for the proceeding for which the fee would otherwise be payable under a legal aid scheme or service:
 (i) established under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
 (ii) approved by the Attorney‑General;
 (b) the person is the holder of any of the following cards issued by the Commonwealth:
 (i) a health care card;
 (ii) a pensioner concession card;
 (iii) a Commonwealth seniors health card;
 (iv) any other card that certifies the holder's entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions;
 (c) the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment or is otherwise detained in a public institution, or is in immigration detention (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958);
 (d) the person is younger than 18;
 (e) the person is receiving youth allowance or Austudy payments under the Social Security Act 1991 or benefits under the ABSTUDY Scheme;
 (f) the person has received funding for the proceeding for which the fee would otherwise be payable under Part 11 of the Native Title Act 1993 from:
 (i) a representative body within the meaning of section 253 of that Act; or
 (ii) a person or body to whom funding has been made available under section 203FE of that Act.
 (2) For paragraph (1)(b), the holder of a card does not include a dependant of the person who is issued the card.