The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made: 20th December 2005

Coming into operation: 6th January 2006

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) and (4) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978[^f00001], after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2006.

• (2) In this Order, the “1996 Order” means the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00002].

Amendment to the 1996 Order

2

In Article 5 of the 1996 Order—

• (a) in paragraph (b) omit “and”; and

• (b) for paragraph (c) substitute—

(c) matrimonial proceedings; and (d) civil partnership proceedings.

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department for Constitutional Affairs — Dated 12th December 2005

We concur,

Tom Watson — Joan Ryan — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 20th December 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Article 5 of the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 to provide that the provisions of that Order do not apply to civil partnership proceedings.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 23

[^f00002]: S.R. 1996 No. 100 to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2004 No. 337