2020 No. 720 (L. 15)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
County Court, England And Wales
Family Proceedings, England And Wales
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales
The Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020
Made 8th July 2020
Laid before Parliament 13th July 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Lord Chancellor, with the consent and sanction of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 2003 and section 414 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
2003 c. 39. Section 92 was amended by paragraph 345 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 9 and paragraph 95 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
1986 c. 45. Section 414 was amended by sections 126 and 161 of the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), S.I. 2007/2194, 2009/805, and by S.S.I. 2015/150.
The Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, and the Deputy Head of Civil Justice as required by section 92(5) of the Courts Act 2003, and the Civil Justice Council as required by section 92(6) of the Courts Act 2003.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020 and comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is laid.

2 Amendments to the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004
1 The table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) to the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 is amended as follows.
S.I. 2004/3120; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/588, 2013/1408, 2014/876, 2019/1063.
2 In the entry for fee 4 (caveats), for the amount in column 2 substitute “£3”.
3 In the entry for fee 5 (search), for the amount in column 2 substitute “£3”.
4 In the entry for fee 8 (copy documents)—
(a) in the entry for (b) in column 1, for the semi-colon after “form, for each such copy” substitute a full stop;
(b) omit the entries for (c) in columns 1 and 2.
5 In the entry for fee 11 (settling documents), for the amount in column 2 substitute “£4”.

3 Amendments to the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
1 The table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) to the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 is amended as follows.
S.I. 2008/1053, amended by S.I. 2014/874; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
2 In the entry for fee 2.6, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£21”.
3 In the entry for fee 2.7, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£14”.
4 In the entry for fee 2.8, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£14”.
5 In the entry for fee 3.9, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£35”.
6 In the entry for fee 3.10, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£35”.
7 In the entry for fee 11.1, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£18”.

4 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008
1 The table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 is amended as follows.
S.I. 2008/1054; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/877, 2015/687, 2015/1419, 2016/211.
2 In the entry for fee 2.1(u), for the amount in column 2 substitute “£72”.
3 In the entry for fee 9.1, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£94”.
4 In the entry for fee 12.2, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£77”.
5 In the entry for fee 12.3, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£38”.
6 In the entry for fee 12.4, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£73”.
7 In the entry for fee 12.5, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£34”.
8 In the entry for fee 15.1, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£45”.

5 Amendments to the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008
1 The table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) to the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 is amended as follows.
S.I. 2008/1052, amended by S.I. 2014/875; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
2 In the entry for fee 2.2, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£19”.
3 In the entry for fee 4.2, for the amount in column 2 substitute “£25”.
Chris Philp Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 7th July 2020
We consent
David Rutley James Morris Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th July 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3120, “the Probate Fees Order”), the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1053), the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1052), and the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1054) so as to reduce the amount of various fees prescribed by those Orders. This Order also deletes a fee for searches of the probate index from the Probate Fees Order.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ and is published with an Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on https://legislation.gov.uk.