(1)The Lord Chancellor may from time to time, with the concurrence of the Treasury, make by statutory instrument orders as to the fees to by paid on any proceedings which are for the time being authorised to be taken in a county court.
(2)Every such order shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(3)A copy of the fees orders for the time being in force shall be posted in some conspicuous place in every court-house and registrar’s office.
(4)In default of the payment of any fees as provided by the fees orders for the time being in force, payment of such fees shall be enforced, by order of the court, in like manner as payment of any debt adjudged by the court to be paid.
Payment of any fine imposed by any court under this Act may be enforced upon the order of the judge in like manner—
(a)as payment of a debt adjudged by the court to be paid may be enforced under this Act; or
(b)as payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates’ court may be enforced under the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (disregarding section 81(1) of that Act).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 Ss. 129, 130 applied (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 12(6), 124(3)
Marginal Citations
(1)Subject to subsection (2), all fees, forfeitures and fines payable under this Act and any penalty payable to an officer of a county court under any other Act shall be paid to officers designated by the Lord Chancellor and dealt with by them in such manner as the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Treasury, may direct.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to fines imposed on summary conviction or to so much of a fine as is applicable under section 55(4) to indemnify a party injured.
(3)The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, shall from time to time make such rules as he thinks fit for securing the balances and other sums of money in the hands of any officers of a county court, and for the due accounting for and application of those balances and sums.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2 Ss. 129, 130 applied (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 12(6), 124(3)
The Lord Chancellor may, subject to the consent of the Treasury as to numbers and salaries, appoint as officers in his department such auditors and other officers as he may consider necessary for the purpose of controlling the accounts of county courts.
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)all salaries, remuneration and other sums payable under Part I of this Act or under section 131.
(b)the expenses of supplying the courts and officers with law and office books and stationery and postage stamps;
(c)expenses incurred in conveying to prison persons committed by the courts; and
(d)all other expenses arising out of any jurisdiction for the time being conferred on the courts or any officer of the courts.