The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 331 (S. 30)

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND

The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1991

Made

20th February 1991

Laid before Parliament

6th March 1991

Coming into force

1st April 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

2.  For the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984(2) there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3.  The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1990(3) is hereby revoked.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th February 1991

We concur,

Gregory Knight

I.C. Patnick

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

20th February 1991

Article 2

SCHEDULE TABLE OF FEES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Matters)	(Fee payable)	(Fee formerly payable)(4)
1.  Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure).	£37.00	£33.00
2.  Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof.	£14.00	£13.00
3.  Certified copy of any other document.	£7.00	£6.50
4.  Copying - all documents (a) by manuscript or type-script per sheet or part thereof	£4.00	£3.50
(b) by electrical or mechanical means per page:
First copy—
each of first 10 pages	£1.00	£1.00
each page after first 10	£0.25	£0.25
Subsequent copies: each page.	£0.25	£0.25
5.  Searches - for any search of records or archives: (a) for first half hour of time taken	£7.00	£6.50
(b) for more than one-half hour up to a maximum of two hours	£14.00	£13.00
(c) for each half hour or part thereof in excess of two hours	£4.00	£3.50
(d) plus correspondence fee where applicable.	£4.00	£3.50

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases some of the fees payable to the Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary or any officer acting for him.

(1)

1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by section 4 of the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).

(2)

S.I. 1984/252, amended by S.I. 1990/470.

(3)

S.I. 1990/470.

(4)

Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1984/252 as amended by S.I. 1990/470 before the coming into force of the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/331) on 1st April 1991.