The Court of Session etc. Fees Order 2015

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“Office of Court” has the same meaning as in Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Court;

“partner” means a person to whom a person is married, or with whom the person is registered as a civil partner in terms of sections 1(1), 85(1) or 137(1) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(1);

“Rules of Court” mean the Rules of the Court of Session 1994(2);

“Table of Fees” means the Table of Fees in Schedule 1, 2 or 3 to this Order.

(2) For the purposes of any reference in this Order to a party—

(a) except in relation to a special case, a set of persons with the same interest, for whom one and the same first paper is or has been lodged, is to be treated as a single party; and

(b) in relation to a special case, each person or set of persons who appear as one of the separate parties to the case is to be treated as a party.

(1)

2004 c.33.

(2)

The Rules of the Court of Session 1994 are in Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994) 1994 (S.I. 1994/1443, last amended by S.S.I. 2015/228).