The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1999 No. 753 (S. 57)


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1999 No. 753 (S. 57)

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND

The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1999

Made

8th March 1999

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1999

Coming into force

1st April 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Amendment of Fees Order

2. For the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984(2) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocation

3. Article 2 of the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1996(3) is hereby revoked.

Henry B McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

4th March 1999

We concur,

Clive Betts

Bob Ainsworth

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

8th March 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULETABLE OF FEES

Column 1Column 2Column 3
(Matters)(Fee payable)(Fee formerly payable)(4)

1. Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure)

£53.00£52.00

2. Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof

£21.00£20.00

3. Certified copy of any other document

£ 9.00£ 9.00

4. Copying -� all documents

(a)by manuscript or typescript per sheet or part thereof

£ 6.00£ 6.00

(b)by any other means per page:

First copy -�
each of first 10 pages£ 1.00£ 1.00
each page after first 10£ 0.30£ 0.30
Subsequent copies: each page£ 0.30£ 0.30

5. Searches -� for any search of records or archives:

(a)for first half hour of time taken

£ 9.00£ 9.00

(b)for more than one half hour up to a maximum of two hours

£23.00£22.00

(c)for each half hour or part thereof in excess of two hours

£ 6.00£ 6.00

(d)correspondence fee where applicable

£ 6.00£ 6.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases from 1st April 1999 certain of the fees payable to the Principal Clerk of Justiciary or any officer acting for him in relation to proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary. The increases average 2.5%.

(1)

1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12), section 4.

(2)

S.I. 1984/252, amended by S.I. 1994/3266 and 1996/516.

(3)

S.I. 1996/516.

(4)

Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1984/252 as amended by S.I. 1996/516 before the coming into force of this Order.


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