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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Court Of Session
Made
27th March 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
28th March 2013
Coming into force
21st May 2013
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2013 and comes into force on 21st May 2013.
(2) A certified copy of this Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.
2.—(1) The table of fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session(2) is amended in accordance with the following subparagraph.
(2) In Chapter IV (transcripts of evidence etc.)(3)—
(a)in paragraph 1 (attendance of shorthand writer), for the amounts of £40.75 and £162.80 substitute the amounts of £41.75 and £166.80 respectively; and
(b)in paragraph 2 (notes of evidence: extension by shorthand writer or transcriber), for the amounts of £6.65, £8.15 and £0.55 substitute the amounts of £6.80, £8.35 and £0.57 respectively.
3. Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred, before 21st May 2013.
BRIAN GILL
Lord President
I.P.D.
Edinburgh
27th March 2013
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Court of Session by 2.45%. The last increase was effected by the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/100).
This Act of Sederunt does not apply to fees chargeable for work done before it comes into force.
1988 c.36. Section 5 was amended by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.32), section 2(3); the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40), Schedule 9; the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36), Schedule 4, paragraph 45; the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3), section 14(1); the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 46(3); and the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), section 126(a).
S.I. 1994/1443, last amended by S.S.I. 2013/81.
Chapter IV was last amended by S.S.I. 2012/270.