SCHEDULES
X1SCHEDULE 5 Consequential Amendments
Annotations:
Editorial Information
SOLICITORS ACT 1974 (c. 47)
1
In section 19(2), for “120 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925” substitute “
94 of the Supreme Court Act 1981
”
.
2
After section 81 insert—
81A Fees for administering oaths and taking affidavits.
1
The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, by order prescribe the fees to be charged by—
a
commissioners for oaths; and
b
solicitors exercising the powers of commissioners for oaths by virtue of section 81,
in respect of the administration of an oath or the taking of an affidavit.
2
Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
3
In this section “affidavit” has the same meaning as in the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889.
The text of s. 152(1)(4)(5), Sch. 5 and Sch. 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991