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.

Pursuant to section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Access fees
5	GST
6	Receipts
	Schedule Access fees
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Supreme 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,—

Act means the Criminal Procedure Act 2011

court means the Supreme Court of New Zealand

criminal appeal means—

(a)

an appeal, or application for leave to appeal, to the court, and to which the Act applies; or

(b)

a Solicitor-General’s reference to the court under subpart 11 of Part 6 of the Act

Registrar means the Registrar of the court, and includes any Deputy Registrar of the court.

Regulation 3 access: revoked, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 4 of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417).

4 Access fees

(1)

The fees prescribed by the Schedule are payable in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule.

(2)

Each of the following is entitled to one copy of any part or parts of the court file or any document relating to a criminal appeal without paying the fee prescribed by item 2 or 3 of the Schedule:

(a)

a party to the appeal:

(b)

a lawyer representing a party to the appeal:

(c)

if the defendant in the proceeding to which the appeal relates is a corporation, a representative of the defendant appointed in accordance with section 12 of the Act.

(3)

[Revoked]

(4)

Fees prescribed by the Schedule are payable by a person specified in section 382(4) of the Act unless the person is exempted under subclause (2).

Regulation 4(2): replaced, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 5(1) of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417).

Regulation 4(3): revoked, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 5(1) of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417).

Regulation 4(4): amended, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 5(2) of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417).

5 GST

The fees prescribed by these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax.

6 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.

Schedule Access fees

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Item	Matters specified	Fee ($)
1	[Revoked]
2	Copying a judgment relating to a criminal appeal	35.00
3	Copying a document (other than a judgment) relating to a criminal appeal—
	(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 item 1: revoked, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 6 of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417).

Schedule item 2: amended, on 1 July 2026, by regulation 4 of the Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SL 2026/112).

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 May 2013.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Supreme 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

Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SL 2026/112)

Supreme Court (Criminal Fees) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/417)

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