1990 No. 2319

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY

The Crown Office Fees Order 1990

Made

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 9 of the Great Seal (Offices) Act 18741, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Crown Office Fees Order 1990 and shall come into force on 17th December 1990.

2

The following fees shall be taken in the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery—

(1) Letters Patent under the Great Seal—

Heralds

£60

Queen’s Counsel (England and Wales)

£380

Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter (England and Wales)

£350

Grant of Title of City

£800

Grant of Title of Lord Mayor

£800;

(2) On filing a Memorial for appointment as a Welsh District Notary

£100;

(3) Writ of Summons on the Determination of an abeyance of a Barony

£350.

3

The Crown Office Fees Order 19872 is hereby revoked.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

We concur

Thomas SackvilleIrvine PatnickTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces the existing Fees Order with a new Order which increases the fees for Letters Patent under the Great Seal, as follows—

a

for Heralds, from £50 to £60;

b

for Queen’s Counsel, from £350 to £380;

c

for a Grant of Title of City, from £350 to £800;

d

for a Grant of Title of Lord Mayor, from £350 to £800.

The other fees are unchanged.