The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to:

(a) introduce the following new fees in Schedule 1:—

on a copy notice of appeal lodged with a Clerk of Petty Sessions or process in relation to civil proceedings (Fee No.9) ;

on copy orders, decrees or documents not otherwise provided for including certified, sealed or produced online (Fee No.56);

under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (Fee Nos.68-72);

under the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (Fee Nos.73-76);

under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (Fee Nos.77 and 78);

(b) increase a number of fees to be taken in respect of proceedings in magistrates’ courts; and

(c) provide for exemptions from fees payable in the circumstances as outlined in Article 3 and refunds where appropriate.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order (and other Orders relating to court fees) was placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and is available on the Court Service’s web-site at www.courtsni.gov.uk.