Insolvency Act 1985

107 Fees orders

(1) There shall be paid in respect of—

(a) proceedings under this Part or the 1985 Act so far as relating to, and to matters connected with or arising out of, the insolvency or winding up of companies ; and

(b) the performance by the official receiver or the Secretary of State of functions under this Part or that Act so far as so relating, such fees as the Lord Chancellor in relation to England and Wales, or the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland, may with the sanction of the Treasury by order direct; and the Treasury may by order direct by whom and in what manner the fees are to be collected and accounted for.

(2) The Lord Chancellor may, with the sanction of the Treasury, by order provide for sums to be deposited, by such persons, in such manner and in such circumstances as may be specified in the order, by way of security for fees payable by virtue of this section.

(3) An order under this section may contain such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as may appear to the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Treasury necessary or expedient.

(4) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and, after being made, shall be laid before each House of Parliament.

(5) Fees payable by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(6) The application of this section to Scotland shall be without prejudice to the provisions of section 2 of the [1895 c. 14.] Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895.