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Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 777 (S.78)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Shorthand Writers' Fees) 1989

Made

4th May 1989

Laid before Parliament

16th May 1989

Coming into force

12th June 1989

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 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 (Shorthand Writers' Fees) 1989 and shall come into force on 12th June 1989.

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

Amendment of fees

2.  In Chapter II of the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt of 7th May 1935(2), in the paragraphs specified in column 1 of the following table, for the figures specified in column 2, substitute the figures specified in column 3 of that table:—

TABLE

Column 1Column 2Column 3
(Old fees)(New fees)
1£13.10£13.69
1£31.63£33.05
1£39.06£40.82
2£ 2.79£ 2.92
3£ 0.22£ 0.23

Emslie

Lord President, IPD

Edinburgh

4th May 1989

Explanatory Note

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

This Act of Sederunt amends the fees for shorthand writers in the Sheriff Court by increasing certain fees by about 4.5 per cent.

(2)

S.R. & O. 1935/488; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/1744 and 1988/1033