Scottish Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 246
SHERIFF COURT
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2003
Made 7th May 2003
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 12th May 2003
Coming into force 1st June 2003

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
1907 c. 51; section 40 was amended by the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1913 c. 28, Schedule 1; the Secretaries of State Act 1926 c. 18, section 1(3); the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 c. 41, Schedule; the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 c. 12, Schedule 1, paragraph 7 and Schedule 2; and the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 c. 40, Schedule 9.

Citation and commencement
1. (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2003 and shall come into force on 1st June 2003.
(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Increase in fees of shorthand writers
2. (1) The Table of Fees set out in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph.
S.I. 1992/1878; the most recent amendment was by S.S.I. 2002/280.
(2) In Schedule 2 (shorthand writers' fees)–
(a) in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £29.76 and £119.00 there shall be substituted the amounts of £30.53 and £122.09 respectively;
(b) in paragraph 4 (transcripts), for the amounts of £4.87 and £5.96 there shall be substituted the amounts of £5.00 and £6.12 respectively; and
(c) in paragraph 5 (copies), for the amount of £0.40 there shall be substituted the amount of £0.41.

Saving
3. Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred, before 1st June 2003.
W. Douglas Cullen
Lord President, I.P.D.
Edinburgh
7th May 2003

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Sheriff Court by about 2.6%. The last increase was effected by the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/280).
This Act of Sederunt does not apply to fees chargeable for work done before it comes into force.