Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1998

Made1st April 1998

Laid before Parliament8th April 1998

Coming into force1st May 1998

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907(1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:—

Citation and commencement1

1

This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

2

This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Increase in fees2

In the table of fees set out in Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992(2 in the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts respectively specified in column 2, substitute the amounts so specified in column 3.

Saving3

Paragraph 2 does not affect such fees as are chargeable for work done before 1st May 1998.

Rodger of EarlsferryLord President I.P.D.Edinburgh1st April 1998

SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2.

(1)	(2)	(3)
Provision of Schedule 2	Old fee (£)	New fee (£)
Paragraph 1 (attendance)	25.00	25.93
	100.00	103.70
Paragraph 4 (transcripts)	4.10	4.25
	5.00	5.19
Paragraph 5 (copies)	0.35	0.36

(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 3.7%. The last change made to those fees was in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1997, as amended by the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment No.2) 1997 (S.I. 1997/1118, 1997/1265).