The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the County Court Fees Order 1982 so as to—

(a) increase the fees on commencement of proceedings to recover money or goods and to reflect the increase in county court jurisdiction by providing new bands of fees for higher value cases ( article 2 );

(b) extend the charging order fee to cases where a charging order is sought in respect of shares etc. and not just land or securities and to increase the fee payable ( article 3 );

(c) provide a fee for requests for orders to enforce certain parking charges (article 4) ;

(d) extend the fee payable on a request to cancel the registration of a judgment to requests for certificates of satisfaction and to increase the fee (article 5) ; and

(e) increase the fees payable in respect of commencement, service, enforcement proceedings and companies matters (article 6) .

Before the making of this Order, the fees of commencement of proceedings to recover money or goods were as follows—

Where the sum claimed or the value of the goods—

(a) did not exceed £300, 10p for every £1 (or part thereof) claimed with a minimum fee of £7;

(b) exceeded £300 but did not exceed £500, £37;

(c) exceeded £500 or was not limited to any particular amount, £43.