Federal Court of Australia
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
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	Party Category Information
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Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court Regulations 2022		File name:
	
	Section 2.02		Date filed:
	
Cross boxes, for example , where applicable 			
					
Notice to applicant	
					
This form must be completed on the first occasion you file a document in your proceeding on which a fee is payable or at any time later if the Court requests it so the Court can assess the correct fee rate which applies to you.
Under the Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court Regulations 2022, different rates apply for filing, setting down, hearing and some other fees depending on the type of document or hearing and whether the party liable to pay that fee is:
•	a publicly listed company;
•	a corporation;
•	a public authority;
•	a small business, a not-for-profit association, an individual or any other case.
You can find information about the definitions used in the Regulation for each of these party categories on the next page.
More information about party categories is available on the Federal Court’s website at www.fedcourt.gov.au, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia’s website at www.fcfcoa.gov.au or by asking Registry staff.
The completed form must be signed by you (if the party is a publicly listed company, a corporation, public authority, small business or not-for-profit association please include your name and the office you hold) or by your lawyer acting on your instructions.
If a party is made up of different bodies or persons, then the highest rate of fee which can apply is payable.  In that case you only need to complete this form for the body that will be paying the highest rate.  If in doubt, complete a form for each body or person and the Court will make the appropriate assessment.
You must notify the Court Registry if there is any change to your circumstances that alters your party category while the Court is dealing with your case.
	WARNING
Under the Criminal Code any person who knowingly makes an untrue representation or statement to obtain a benefit or advantage from the Commonwealth is guilty of an offence and, if found guilty, can be fined or imprisoned.
	
Details	
	
1	Name of party or body or person which is part of the “party” which pays the highest rate of fee		family name (surname) for individual
     		given names for individual
     	
		
	Or	company/corporation/public authority/business/association
     	
2	Court	   Federal Court		Federal Circuit and Family Court of 
		Australia (Division 2)
  Type:    All filing, setting down, hearing and other fees that may be payable in these proceedings	
3	Party category	The party in 1 above is (see page 2 for definitions before crossing relevant box):
 a publicly listed company
 a corporation (other than a publicly listed company)
 a public authority
 a small business
 a not-for-profit association
 any other, including an individual	
					
Signature	

[if signing for a company, corporation, authority, business or association or on behalf of a party please add:
your name      
office held (e.g. Secretary/Director) or authority (e.g. lawyer acting on instructions)      
date       /     /     	
Court Use Only	
 Corporation type recorded in Casetrack

Signature of officer                                                                                                                                     Date       /     /     	
	Authorised by General Counsel FCA/ Principal Registrar FCFCOA                        1/4/2023 	

Party Category Information Definitions	
Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court Regulations 2022
Publicly listed company	

A company listed on a stock exchange or financial market in any country.

Corporation	

Includes:
•	a company;
•	a body corporate;
•	an unincorporated body that, under the law of the place where the body is formed, may:
o	sue or be sued; or
o	hold property in the name of the secretary of the body or an office holder of the body appointed for that purpose;
•	a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006;
•	a trade union.

But does not include:
•	a corporation sole;
•	a small business;		(see “Small business” below)
•	an unincorporated not-for-profit association;		(see “Not-for-profit association” below)
•	a public authority.		(see “Public authority” below)

Public authority	

Means:
•	a body or authority of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, including:
•	a Department of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory;
•	a Department of the Commonwealth Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999, a Department of the Parliament of a State or a Department of the legislature of a Territory;
•	any other non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013;
•	a person representing a body or authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;
•	a Minister for the Commonwealth or for a State or Territory;
•	a statutory office holder.

Small business	

Means a business with:
•	no more than 19 employees; and
•	a total turnover of less than $2 million each year.

Not-for-profit association	

Means a society, club, institution or body that is not formed for the purpose of trading or securing pecuniary profit from its transactions for its members.

Other	

Any party other than a publicly listed company or corporation.  It includes a small business and a not-for-profit association.  It also includes an individual (i.e. a natural person).