The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2014

Made: 27th March 2014

Laid before Parliament: 1st April 2014

Coming into force: 22nd April 2014

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of the Courts Act 2003 the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.

Citation and Commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 22nd April 2014.

Amendment of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

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• (1) The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008[^f00003] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 1(2)(a) in the definition of “CCBC” for “Bulk” substitute “Business”.

• (3) In article 2 (fees payable) for “county courts” substitute “the County Court”.

• (4) In article 3(e) for “a county court” substitute “the County Court”.

• (5) For Schedule 1 (fees to be taken), substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Shailesh Vara — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 27th March 2014

We consent,

Sam Gyimah — Anne Milton — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 27th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1053).

It increases fees payable in civil proceedings as set out in the Explanatory Memorandum, which is published at www.legislation.gov.uk.

If the fee has been paid for a request to reconsider at a hearing a decision on permission to bring a judicial review and permission is subsequently granted at a hearing, only half of the judicial review fee is then payable.

Fee 2 (General Fees (High Courts and County Court) has been changed to remove fees payable on filing a directions questionnaire, receipt of a notice of allocation and filing a pre-trial checklist.

References to the county courts have been changed to reflect the introduction of the single County Court.

This Order replaces the entire schedule of fees payable in civil proceedings in the Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court.

A full impact assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 c.39. Section 92 was amended by sections 15(1) and 59, paragraphs 308 and 345 of Schedule 4 Part 1 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 Part 2 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and sections 17(5) and 17(6), paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 9 Part 2 and paragraphs 83 and 95 of Schedule 10 Part 2 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

[^f00002]: 1986 c. 45.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2008/1053. Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2013/1410 and amended by S.I. 2014/590.