Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2000

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 145

SHERIFF COURT

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2000

Made

12th May 2000

Laid before Parliament

18th May 2000

Coming into force

The Lords of Council and Session, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2000 and shall come into force on 1st June 2000.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Increase in fees

2.—(1) The table of fees set out in Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £26.99 and £107.95 there are substituted the amounts of £27.83 and £111.30 respectively.

(3) In paragraph 4 (transcription), for the amounts of £4.42 and £5.40 there are substituted the amounts of £4.56 and £5.57 respectively.

(4) In paragraph 5 (copies), for the amount of £0.37 there is substituted the amount of £0.38.

Saving

3.  Paragraph 2 does not affect such fees as are chargeable for work done before 1st June 2000.

Rodger of Earlsferry

Edinburgh Lord President,

I.P.D.

12th May 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Sheriff Court by about 3.1%. The last increases were in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1999 (S.I. 1999/613).

(1)

1907 c. 51.

(2)

S.I.1992/1878 (S.186), the most recent amendment was by S.I. 1999/613.