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Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 39 (S. 6)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

The Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 1987

Made

13th January 1987

Laid before Parliament

30th January 1987

Coming into force

23rd February 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(1), 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 Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 1987 and shall come into force on 23rd February 1987.

2.  In Part II of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Sheriff Court Fees Order 1985(2) for the entry in column 1 of paragraph 14 there shall be substituted the following:–

Enforcement of United Kingdom Judgments

14.  Any proceedings under the Inferior Courts Judgments Extension Act 1882(3) or under sections 12 or 18 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982(4).

Ian Lang

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office

New St. Andrew’s HouseEdinburgh

18th December 1986

We concur,

Mark Lennox-Boyd

Tim Sainsbury

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

13th January 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the charging of fees in the Sheriff Court relating to enforcement of judgments from certain European countries in terms of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 1985/827; the Table of Fees in the Schedule to that Order was substituted by S.I.1986/451.