District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Regulations 2013
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District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Regulations 2013
(SR 2013/180)
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 20th day of May 2013
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations—
(a)
pursuant to section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011; and
(b)
insofar as they revoke the Criminal Proceedings (Search Fees) Regulations 2009, pursuant to section 410 of the Crimes Act 1961 and section 212 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Regulations 2013.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2013.
3 Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
access means to search, inspect, or copy under the supervision of an officer of a court
Act means the Criminal Procedure Act 2011
court means a court that is—
(a)
a District Court; or
(b)
the High Court of New Zealand
criminal proceeding, for a court, means a proceeding—
(a)
in the court; and
(b)
to which the Act applies
Registrar means the Registrar of a court, and includes a Deputy Registrar.
4 Filing, hearing, and application fees
(1)
The fees prescribed by Schedule 1 are payable in respect of the matters specified in that schedule.
(2)
If a charging document contains more than 1 charge, the filing fee payable must be assessed as if a separate charging document had been filed for each charge.
(3)
No fee is payable under item 1 of Schedule 1 for filing a charging document if a fee has been paid under item 2 of that schedule in respect of that charging document.
5 Access fees
(1)
The fees prescribed by Schedule 2 are payable in respect of the matters specified in that schedule.
(2)
The fee prescribed by item 1 of Schedule 2 is not payable by any of the following:
(a)
a party to the criminal proceeding:
(b)
a lawyer representing a party to the criminal proceeding:
(c)
if the defendant in the criminal proceeding is a corporation, a representative of the defendant appointed in accordance with section 12 of the Act.
(3)
A person specified in subclause (2) is entitled to 1 copy of any part or parts of the court file or any document relating to the criminal proceeding without payment of the fee prescribed by item 4 or 5 of Schedule 2.
(4)
Fees prescribed by Schedule 2 are payable by a person specified in section 382(4) of the Act unless the person is exempted under subclause (2) or (3).
6 GST
The fees prescribed by these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax.
7 Receipts
The Registrar must ensure that a person who makes a payment of any amount in or towards a fee prescribed by these regulations is given a receipt for the payment as soon as is reasonably practicable after the amount is received.
8 Revocation
The Criminal Proceedings (Search Fees) Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/317) are revoked.
Schedule 1 Filing, hearing, and application fees
| Item | Matters specified | Fee ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filing a charging document under section 14 of the Act | 34 | |
| 2 | Seeking to file a charging document under section 26(1) of the Act | 34 | |
| 3 | Hearing a charge under the Act | 114 | |
| 4 | Applying to reduce a disqualification or disqualifications, or for partial exemption from a disqualification or disqualifications, under the Land Transport Act 1998 | 171 |
Schedule 1 item 1: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 4(1) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 1 item 2: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 4(2) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 1 item 3: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 4(3) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 1 item 4: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 4(4) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 1 item 4: amended, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 4 of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/412).
Schedule 2 Access fees
| Item | Matters specified | Fee ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requesting access to the permanent court record, the court file, or 1 or more documents, relating to a criminal proceeding | 34.00 | |
| 2 | Issuing a certified copy of any document relating to a criminal proceeding | 57.00 | |
| 3 | Issuing a certificate as to any matter in the records of the court relating to a criminal proceeding | 57.00 | |
| 4 | Copying a judgment relating to a criminal proceeding | 34.00 | |
| 5 | Copying a document (other than a judgment) relating to a criminal proceeding— | ||
(a)for each black and white page |
0.20 | ||
(b)for each colour page |
0.40 | ||
(c)for documents in electronic form |
actual and reasonable costs |
Schedule 2 item 1: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 5(1) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 2 item 2: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 5(2) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 2 item 3: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 5(3) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Schedule 2 item 4: amended, on 1 July 2025, by regulation 5(4) of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96).
Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Date of notification in Gazette: 23 May 2013.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Regulations 2013 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/96)
District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/412)
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District Courts and High Court (Criminal Fees) Regulations 2013
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