Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2007

Made2nd March 2007

Laid before Parliament8th March 2007

Coming into force1st May 2007

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 19071 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2007 and shall come into force on 1st May 2007.

2

This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Increase in fees of shorthand writers2

1

The Table of Fees set out in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 19922 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub paragraph.

2

In Schedule 2 (shorthand writers' fees)–

a

in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £33.81 and £135.17 there shall be substituted the amounts of £35.03 and £140.04 respectively;

b

in paragraph 4 (transcripts), for the amounts of £5.53 and £6.78 there shall be substituted the amounts of £5.73 and £7.02 respectively; and

c

in paragraph 5 (copies), for the amount of £0.44 there shall be substituted the amount of £0.46.

Saving3

Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred, before 1st May 2007.

A C HAMILTONLord President, I.P.D.Edinburgh2nd March 2007

(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 3.6%. The last increase was effected by the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/86).

This Act of Sederunt does not apply to fees chargeable for work done before it comes into force.