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237B: Regulations providing for waiver, etc, of fees
or “Rules about when you don't have to pay court fees or can pay them later”
You could also call this:

“You can ask to pay court fees later while waiting for a decision about getting help with fees.”

The Governor-General can make rules that allow a court Registrar to delay the payment of a fee. This delay can happen while the court is deciding on two types of applications. The first type is an application for special powers related to court fees. The second type is an application to review a decision about those special powers.

You don’t have to pay any fee to apply for these special powers related to court fees.

The rules about delaying fee payments are a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they must follow certain rules about how they are published and made available to the public.

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Next up: 237D: Reviews of decisions of Registrars concerning fees

or “You can ask a judge to look again at decisions about fees if you disagree with them”
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Part 11 General provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

237CPostponement of fees

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations authorising a Registrar of the court to postpone the payment of a fee pending the determination of—

  2. an application for the exercise of a power specified in section 237B(1); or
    1. an application for review under section 237D.

      1. No fee is payable for an application for the exercise of a power specified in subsection (1).

      2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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      Notes
      • Section 237C: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2016 (2016 No 62).
      • Section 237C(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).