County Court Fees (Amendment) Order, 1961
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1961 No. 355
COUNTY COURTS
FEES
The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order, 19611stMarch 1961
8thMarch 1961
4thApril 1961
The Lord Chancellor and the Treasury, in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him and them respectively by section 177 of the County Courts Act, 1959(a), section 2 of the Public Offices Fees Act, 1879(b), and section 365 of the Companies Act, 1948(c), do hereby, according as the provisions of the above-mentioned enactments respectively authorise and require him and them, make, concur in, and sanction the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the County Court Fees (Amendment) Order, 1961, and shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1961.
2. In this Order a fee referred to by number means the fee so numbered in the Table of Fees contained in the Schedule to the County Court Fees Order, 1959(d).
3. Fee No. 1 shall be amended as follows:—
(1) For paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(i) for the recovery of a sum of money—
not exceeding £1 … … … … … 3s
exceeding £1 but not exceeding £2 … … 6s
" £2 " " " £3 … … 9s
" £3 " " " £4 … … 12s
" £4 " " " £5 … … 15s
" £5 " " " £6 … … 18s.
" £6 " " " £7 … … 21s.
" £7 " " " £8 … … 24s.
" £8 " " " £9 … … 27s.
" £9 " " " £10 … … 30s.
" £10 " " " £11 … … 32s.
" £11 " " " £12 … … 34s.
" £12 " " " £13 … … 36s.
" £13 " " " £14 … … 38s.
" £14 " " " £15 … … 40s.
" £15 " " " £16 … … 42s.
" £16 " " " £17 … … 44s.
" £17 " " " £18 … … 46s.
" £18 " " " £19 … … 48s.
" £19 " " " £20 … … 50s.
" £20 " " " £30 … … 55s.
" £30 " " " £100 … … 60s.
" £100 … … … … … … 80s.
(a) 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22.
(b) 42 & 43 Vict. c. 58.
(d) S.I. 1959/1262 (1959 I, p. 803).
Where a sum of money is claimed as an alternative to a claim for another sum of money, this fee is to be calculated on whichever sum is the greater.
Where a sum of money is claimed in addition to another sum of money, then for the purpose of calculating this fee the additional sum is to be added to the sum on which this fee would otherwise be calculated."
(2) In paragraph (iv) for the figure "1s." there shall be substituted the figure "2s."
4. Fee No. 47 shall be amended as follows:—
(1) In paragraph (i) for the figure "10s." there shall be substituted the figure "£1".
(2) In paragraph (ii) for the figure "10s." there shall be substituted the figure "£1" and for the figure "£3" there shall be substituted the figure "£4".
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