The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1992

Made: 26th February 1992

Laid before Parliament: 10th March 1992

Coming into force: 1st April 1992

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 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

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 1991[^f00003] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — TABLE OF FEES

1

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

2

Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof.

3

Certified copy of any other document.

4

Copying — all documents

• (a) by manuscript or type-script per sheet or part thereof

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 — 25th February 1992

We concur,

Irvine Patnick — Thomas Sackville — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 26th February 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases from 1st April 1992 most of 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.

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. 1991/331.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1991/331.

[^f00004]: Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1984/252 as amended by S.I. 1991/331 before the coming into force of the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/412) on 1st April 1992.