The Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2544

CORONERS

The Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1997

Made

24th October 1997

Coming into force

1st December 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24(3) of the Coroners Act 1988(1), hereby makes the following Rules:

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997.

(2) In these Rules “photocopy” includes a copy produced by xerox machine, photocopier, facsimile, or printed from a computer disk.

2.  The fees payable to coroners or other persons for furnishing copies, other than photocopies, of inquisitions, depositions or other documents in their custody relating to an inquest shall be as follows:

(a) for a copy which does not exceed 360 words, £5.65;

(b) for a copy of between 360 and 1440 words, £11.90;

(c) for a copy in excess of 1440 words, £11.90 for the first 1440 words and 65p for each 72 words or part thereof thereafter.

3.  The fee payable to coroners or other persons for furnishing a photocopy of inquisitions, depositions or other documents in their custody relating to an inquest shall be £1 for each photocopied sheet.

4.  The Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1982(2) and the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) (Amendment) Rules 1990(3) are hereby revoked.

Gareth Williams

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

24th October 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules replace the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1982 as amended by the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) (Amendment) Rules 1990.

The fees prescribed by rule 2 differ from the equivalent provision in the 1982 Rules in that they are fixed by reference to the number of words rather than the number of folios. The fee prescribed by rule 3 is increased from 80p to £1 for each photocopied sheet.

(1)

1988 c. 13.

(2)

S.I. 1982/995.

(3)

S.I. 1990/140.