Part XV Subordinate Legislation
Fees orders
415 Fees orders (individual insolvency proceedings in England and Wales).
(1)
There shall be paid in respect of—
F1(za)
the costs of persons acting as approved intermediaries under Part 7A,
(b)
the performance by the official receiver or the Secretary of State of functions under those Parts, F4and
(c)
the performance by an adjudicator of functions under Part 9 of this Act,
such fees as the Lord Chancellor may with the sanction of the Treasury by order direct.
F5(1A)
An order under subsection (1) may make different provision for different purposes, including by reference to the manner or form in which proceedings are commenced.
(2)
The Treasury may by order direct by whom and in what manner the fees are to be collected and accounted for.
(3)
The Lord Chancellor may, with the sanction of the Treasury, by order provide for sums to be deposited, by such persons, in such manner and in such circumstances as may be specified in the order, by way of security for—
(a)
fees payable by virtue of this section, and
(b)
fees payable to any person who has prepared an insolvency practitioner’s report under section 274 in Chapter I of Part IX.
(4)
An order under this section may contain such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as may appear to the Lord Chancellor or, as the case may be, the Treasury, necessary or expedient.
(5)
An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and, after being made, shall be laid before each House of Parliament.
(6)
Fees payable by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(7)
Nothing in this section prejudices any power to make rules of court.