Submissions on the proposed VCAT Fee Regulations – Feb 2013

The Commission welcomed the decision not to introduce commencement, hearing and mediation fees for the Anti-Discrimination List at VCAT (now called the Human Rights List). However, the Commission sought clarification on whether the “complex cases” hearing fee was intended to apply to the anti-discrimination list, and submitted that it should not apply. The regulations came into effect on 1 June 2013 and were amended to clarify that complex cases fees only apply to proceedings where a commencement or transfer fee was payable. This means that the Human Rights List at VCAT remains fee-free.