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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 270

COURT OF SESSION

The Court of Session etc. Fees Amendment Order 2002

	Made	5th June 2002
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	7th June 2002
	Coming into force	1st July 2002

Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Court of Session etc. Fees Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.

Amendment of Fees Order

- (1) The Court of Session etc. Fees Order 1997[

Exemption of certain persons from fees

A fee regulated by this Order shall not be payable by a person-

(a) who is in receipt of income support, working families' tax credit or disabled person's tax credit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[

(3) For the Table of Fees in Schedule 1[6] substitute the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to this Order.

JAMES WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
5th June 2002

SCHEDULE

Article 2(3)

TABLE OF FEES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Matters)	(Fee payable)	(Fee formerly payable[7])
PART I - FEES IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE COURT
A. SIGNETING
Signeting of any writ or summons, if attendance is necessary outwith the normal office hours	Ł62.00	Ł57.00
B. GENERAL DEPARTMENT
1. Appeal, summons, or other writ or step by which any cause or proceeding, other than a family action, is originated in either the Inner or Outer House - fee (to comprehend signeting in normal office hours)	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
2. Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes an appearance in a course or proceeding other than a family action	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
3. Writ by which a family action is originated (other than a simplified divorce application) - inclusive fee (to comprehend signeting within normal office hours and, if applicable, issue to the pursuer of an extract in terms of item G5(a) of this Table, and to the defender, if appropriate, of a duplicate thereof)	Ł81.00	Ł74.00
4. Simplified divorce application (inclusive of all procedure other than that specified in item B5 of this Table)	Ł62.00	Ł57.00
5. In relation to a simplified divorce application, citation of any persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76, of the Rules of Court, or intimation to any person or persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76, of those Rules, where such intimation is required.	Ł41.00	Ł38.00
6. Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment of or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes appearance in a family action	Ł81.00	Ł74.00
7. Fee for initial lodging of affidavits in a family action where proof by affidavit evidence has been allowed	Ł35.00	Ł32.00
8. Special case-
For each party	Ł53.00	Ł49.00
Maximum fee payable per case	Ł215.00	Ł197.00
9. Application by minute or motion for variation of an order in a family action	Ł19.00	Ł17.00
10. Answers or opposition to an application under item B9 of this Table	Ł19.00	Ł17.00
11. Letter of request to a foreign court	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
12. Citation of each jury, to include outlays incurred in citing and countermanding - payable on receipt of instruments for issue of precept	Ł149.00	Ł137.00
13. Reclaiming motion - fee payable by party enrolling motion	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
14. Closed record - fee payable by each party on the lodging of the closed record or, where no closed record is lodged, when mode of enquiry is determined	Ł53.00	Ł49.00
15. Allowing proof, etc. - fee payable by each party on diet of proof, jury trial, procedure roll or summar roll hearing being allowed	Ł28.00	Ł26.00
16. Proof or Procedure Roll - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
17. Summar Roll - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
18. Jury Trial - fee payable by each party appearing at the trial for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
19. Outer House hearing other than items B16, B18, B21 and B24 of this Table - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
20. Inner House hearing other than items B17, B22 and B24 of this Table - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
21. Motion Roll hearing - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes - for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
22. Single Bills hearing - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes - for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
23. Fee payable by any party enrolling a motion or making a motion orally at the bar and any party opposing any such motion	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
24. Hearing out of hours - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
C. PETITION DEPARTMENT
1. Petition of whatever nature presented to Inner or Outer House other than a petition under item C3 or C4 of this Table, whether in respect of the first or any subsequent step of process, and any application for registration or recognition of a judgment under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982[8]	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
2. Additional fee payable when a petition in terms of item C1 of this Table is presented outwith normal office hours	Ł62.00	Ł57.00
3. Petition to be admitted as a notary public:
For each applicant	Ł80.00	Ł73.00
4. Petition to be admitted as a solicitor:
For each applicant	Ł80.00	Ł73.00
5. Answers, objection or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes appearance in a proceeding to which item C1 of this Table applies	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
6. Caveat	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
7. Fiat	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
8. Registering official copies of orders of courts in England and Wales or Northern Ireland	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
9. Issue of an abbreviate in sequestration	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
10. Reclaiming motion - fee payable by party enrolling motion	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
11. Closed record - fee payable by each party on the lodging of the closed record or, when no closed record is lodged, when mode of enquiry is determined	Ł53.00	Ł49.00
12. Allowing proof, etc. - fee payable by each party on diet of proof, procedure roll, summar roll or judicial review hearing being allowed	Ł28.00	Ł26.00
13. Application by minute or motion for variation of an order in a petition for custody, aliment or access	Ł20.00	Ł18.00
14. Answers or opposition to a motion under item C13 of this Table	Ł20.00	Ł18.00
15. Registering orders for enforcement under section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986[9]	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
16. Proof or Procedure Roll - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
17. Summar Roll - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
18. Outer House hearing other than items C16, C20 and C23 of this Table - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
19. Inner House hearing other than items C17, C21 and C23 of this Table - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
20. Motion Roll Hearing - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes - for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł16.00	Ł13.00
21. Single Bills hearing - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes - for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
22. Fee payable by any party enrolling a motion or making a motion orally at the bar; and any party opposing any such motion	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
23. Hearing out of hours - fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof	Ł33.00	Ł26.00
D. COURT FOR HEARING APPEALS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
Appeal - inclusive fee	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
E. ELECTION COURT
1 Parliamentary election petition	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
2. Statement of matters	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
3. Any other petition, application, answers or objections submitted to the court	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
4. Certificate of judgement	Ł27.00	Ł25.00
F. LANDS VALUATION APPEAL COURT
1. Appeal - inclusive fee	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
2. Answers - inclusive fee	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
G. EXTRACTS DEPARTMENT
1. Extract decree following upon a summons, petition or appeal, or after protestation of a note, and whether in absence or otherwise	Ł29.00	Ł27.00
2. Extract of admission as a solicitor	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
3. Extract of protestation	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
4. Certificate under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
5. Documentation evidencing divorce, nullity or dissolution of marriage:
(a) Extract from Consistorial Register of Decrees of decree pronounced on or after 23rd September 1975 if not issued in terms of item B3 or B4 of this Table	Ł15.00	Ł14.00
(b) Certificate of divorce in decree pronounced prior to 23rd September 1975	Ł15.00	Ł14.00
(c) Certified copy interlocutor in decree pronounced prior to 23rd September 1975	Ł15.00	Ł14.00
6. Extract from the Register of Acts and Decrees - per sheet or part thereof	Ł15.00	Ł14.00
7. Sealing and certifying any document for exhibition in a foreign jurisdiction or otherwise	Ł15.00	Ł14.00
8. Acknowledgement of receipt of a notice under section 19(6) or 21(2) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970[10]	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
9. Acknowledgement of receipt of an offer under section 9 of the Conveyancing Amendment (Scotland) Act 1938[11]	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
PART II - FEES IN THE OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT OF COURT
H. OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT OF COURT
I. In Factories and Curatories
1. For registering case and receiving and delivering up bond of caution-
in Court of Session appointments	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
in Sheriff Court appointments	Ł17.00	Ł16.00
2. For examining factor's inventory - 0.333% of the value of the estate as disclosed
minimum fee payable	Ł19.00	Ł17.00
maximum fee payable	Ł469.00	Ł430.00
3. For auditing each account-
basic fee	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
additional percentage fee on the factor's commission as fixed (or what would have been the factor's full commission if chargeable or fully allowed)	17.5%	17.5%
4. For reporting re discharge, special powers or on other special matters	Ł32.00 to Ł144.00	Ł29.00 to Ł132.00
5. For granting consent in terms of section 2(4) of the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961[12] and rule 61.14 of the Rules of Court	Ł76.00	Ł70.00
6. For report on scheme of division-
basic fee	Ł17.00	Ł16.00
additional fee for each Ł1,000 (excluding the first Ł1,000) or part thereof of value of estate to be divided	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
maximum fee payable	Ł328.00	Ł301.00
7. For certificate under seal	Ł19.00	Ł17.00
II. In Consignations
8. For lodging consignation	Ł14.00	Ł13.00
9. For producing or delivering up-
basic fee	Ł14.00	Ł13.00
additional fee for every Ł100 or part thereof uplifted	Ł1.00	Ł1.00
maximum fee payable	Ł49.00	Ł45.00
III. Liquidations
10. For uplifting bond of caution	Ł4.00	Ł4.00
PART III - FEES IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COURT OF SESSION
I. OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COURT OF SESSION
1. Taxing accounts of expenses incurred in judicial proceedings (including proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary) remitted to the Auditor of the Court of Session for taxation:
(a) Auditor's fee on lodging account for taxation	Ł30.00	Ł12.00
(b) Auditor's fee for taxing accounts for expenses etc.
(i) up to Ł400	Ł16.00	Ł12.00
(ii) for every additional Ł100 or part thereof	Ł4.00	Ł4.00
Note: fee to be determined by the Auditor of the Court of Session on amount of account as submitted
2. Fee for assessing account remitted to the Auditor to determine whether an additional fee should be paid	Ł200.00
3. Fee for cancellation of diet of taxation- (a) where written notice of cancellation received within three working days of diet, half of fee that would have been payable under item I1(b) of this Table	(b) where written notice of cancellation received on the working day before or the day of the diet, three-quarters of fee that would have been payable under item I1(b) of this Table
PART IV - FEES COMMON TO ALL OFFICES
J. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Certified copy of proceedings for appeal to the House of Lords	Ł106.00	Ł97.00
2. Certifying of any other document (plus copying charges if necessary)	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
3. Recording, engrossing, extracting or copying- all documents: (a) By manuscript or typescript (exclusive of search fee)-
for each page or part thereof	Ł7.00
(b) By copying by any other means (exclusive of search fee)-
for each page	Ł0.30
4. Searches - for any search of records or archives:
(a) For first half hour of time taken	Ł10.00	Ł9.00
(b) For more than one half hour up to a maximum of two hours	Ł26.00	Ł24.00
(c) For each half hour or part thereof in excess of two hours	Ł7.00	Ł6.00
(d) Correspondence fee where applicable	Ł7.00	Ł6.00
5. Captions:
(a) Marking caption when ordered	Ł5.00	Ł5.00
(b) Warrant for caption when issued	Ł5.00	Ł5.00
6. Rolls of Court - annual subscription fee per copy including delivery	Ł687.00	Ł630.00

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Court of Session etc. Fees Order 1997 ("the 1997 Order").

The Order amends article 5 of the 1997 Order (exemption of certain persons from fees in simplified divorce actions) so as to provide exemption from the fees payable under the Order for persons in receipt of certain forms of benefits and legal aid (article 2(2)). The exemption is also extended to proceedings generally.

The Order also specifies for fees payable to the Principal Clerk of Session, to the Accountant of Court and to the Auditor of Court of Session or to any officer acting for any of them respectively in relation to proceedings in the Court of Session, new fee levels in substitution for those applicable since the 1997 Order was last amended on 1st April 1999. The increases represent an average of approximately 9% except-

Finally, the Order simplifies the fees payable in relation to recording, engrossing and copying documents and makes new provision for fees payable in connection with the cancellation of a diet of taxation or a remit to the Auditor to determine whether an additional fee should be paid (article 2(3) and the Schedule, in particular items I2, I3 and J3).

[1] 1895 c.14; section 2 was amended by the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c.12), section 4 and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), article 2 and Schedule 2, paragraph 9. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

[2] S.I. 1997/688 as amended by S.I. 1999/755.back

[3] 1992 c.4. Section 124, which provides for income support, was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), section 41 and Schedules 2 and 3 and by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 70 and Schedule 8, Part IV, paragraph 28. Section 128, which provides for working families' tax credit, was amended by the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), section 1(2) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) and 2(g) and by the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 41(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 33. Section 129, which provides for disabled person's tax credit, was amended by the Tax Credits Act 1999, sections 1(2) and 14(1) to (5) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) and 2(h), the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), sections 10(2) and (3) and 11(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 32, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, section 88 and Schedule 13, Part IV, the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 41(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 34 and by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103 and Schedule 9, paragraph 2.back

[4] 1995 c.18.back

[5] 1986 c.47. Section 13(2) was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40), section 74 and Schedule 8, paragraph 36(3).back

[6] Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1999/755, article 2(4).back

[7] Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1997/688 (as amended by S.I. 1999/755) before the coming into force of this Order. Where there is no entry in column 3 but an entry in column 2 in respect of any particular matter, the matter is new or has been amended such that no direct comparison can be made with the fee formerly payable.back

[8] 1982 c.27.back

[9] 1986 c.45.back

[10] 1970 c.35.back

[11] 1938 c.24; section 9 was amended by the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c.35), section 46, and by the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c.38), section 13.back

[12] 1961 c.57; section 2 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act (c.55), section 8.back

ISBN 0 11061463 1

Prepared 20 June 2002

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