The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3444). Certain fees are increased. Fee 6.1 has been recast and fee 6.1(c) (additional copy of documents) removed. There is a new fee for certain appeals under Schedule 5 to the Licensing Act 2003 (fee 18.5). Some minor changes have been made to the wording of some fees for the purposes of clarification. Schedule 2 is inserted and sets out when a party is entitled to a remission or part remission of a fee. The table below sets out the new fees.

Brief description of fee	Amount of new fee	Amount of old fee
Attendance
1.1 Application to justice of the peace to view deserted premises etc.	£50	£44
Case for the opinion of the High Court
2.1 Application to state a case	£400	£382
2.2 Request for certificate of refusal to state a case	£100	£8
Certificate
3.1 Request for certificate where no other fee specified	£40	£25
Copy documents
6.1(a) request for copy a document – ten pages or less	£5	£1.10 (for the first page)
6.1(b) each subsequent page	50p	55p
6.2 Request for the copy of a document in electronic form	£5	n/a
Duplicate
7.1 For the duplicate of a document	£15	£5
Oaths
17.1 Attestation of constable	£10	£8
17.2 Every oath affirmation or solemn declaration not otherwise charged	£25	£8
Other civil proceedings
18.1 Complaint or application	£75	£25
18.2 Summons	£75	£25
18.3 Warrant	£50	£25
18.4 Order	£50	£25
18.5 Appeal under paragraph 1, 2(2), 3(2)(a), 4(2), 7(2), 8(2)(b), 8A(2)(b), 10, 11(2), 12(2), 13(2)(b), 14, 16(2), 17(1) and (4) or 18(2)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Licensing Act 2003	£400	n/a
Warrant of entry
19.1 Application for a warrant of entry	£10	£3