The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1988

Made: 20th April 1988

Laid before Parliament: 10th May 1988

Coming into force: 1st June 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895 [^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st June 1988.

2

For the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984 [^f00002] there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3

The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1987 [^f00003] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — TABLE OF FEES

4

Copying—all documents

• (a) by manuscript or type-script per sheet of 250 words

5

Searches—for any search of records or archives:

• (a) for first half hour of time taken

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 12th April 1988

We concur,

Mark Lennox-Boyd — Peter Lloyd — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 20th April 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees payable to the Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary or any officer acting for him in relation to proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary, other than the fees payable for copying and certain of the search fees. The previous Order increasing fees is revoked.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by section 4 of the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1984/252, amended by S.I. 1987/772

[^f00003]: S.I. 1987/772

[^f00004]: Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1987/772 before the coming into force of this Order.