The Crown Office Fees Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1977

Clerk Of The Crown In Chancery

The Crown Office Fees Order 2008

Made

17th July 2008

Coming into force

11th August 2008

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 9 of the Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874(1):

1.  This Order may be cited as the Crown Office Fees Order 2008 and shall come into force on 11th August 2008.

2.  The fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order shall be taken in the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in respect of the matters described in column 1.

3.  The Crown Office Fees Order 2003(2) is revoked.

Jack Straw

Lord Chancellor

13th July 2008

We concur

Alan Campbell

Dave Watts

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

17th July 2008

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of City	£1,675
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of Lord Mayor	£1,675
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for a Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter (England and Wales)	£560
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the appointment of Heralds	£215
Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law (inclusive of one printed sheet of vellum)	£770
Each additional printed sheet of vellum needed to produce Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law	£100
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for appointment as Queen’s Counsel (England and Wales)	£215
Issue of certificate confirming appointment as Queen’s Counsel	£30
Determination of an abeyance of a Barony	£175

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces the Crown Office Fees Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/92). The following fees taken in the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery are increased:

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of City, from £1,435 to £1,675

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of Lord Mayor, from £1,435 to £1,675

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for a Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter (England and Wales), from £410 to £560

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the appointment of Heralds, from £180 to £215

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for appointment as Queen’s Counsel (England and Wales), from £165 to £215

Determination of an abeyance of a Barony, from £130 to £175.

This Order also replaces the single fee for Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law (of £555) with a fee for such Letters Patent inclusive of one printed sheet of vellum (of £770) and a separate fee for each additional printed sheet of vellum needed to produce the Letters Patent (of £100).

The fees taken for the issue of certificates confirming appointment as Queen’s Counsel remain the same.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1874 c. 81. Section 9 was amended by section 1 of and the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c.39), and by section 1(1) of and Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44).

(2)

S.I. 2003/92.