The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008
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2008 No. 116 (L. 2)
supreme court of england and wales
COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008
Made 21th January 2008
Laid before Parliament 21th January 2008
Coming into force 11th February 2008
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Courts Act 20031.
In accordance with section 92(1) of the Courts Act 2003 he has obtained the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of the Courts Act 2003 he has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 11th February 2008.
2. The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 20042is amended in accordance with the following articles.
3. In column 1 in Schedule 1—
(a) in fee 2.2 and the notes under it, for “listing questionnaire”—
(i) the first time it appears, substitute “pre-trial check list (listing questionnaire)”; and
(ii) each other time it appears, substitute “pre-trial check list”;
(b) in paragraph (c)(vi) in fee 2.3, omit the words “but does not exceed £5000”; and
(c) in the notes under fee 2.3—
(i) for “listing questionnaire” each time it appears, substitute “pre-trial check list”; and
(ii) in paragraph (ii), for “between 14 and 28 days” substitute “between 15 and 28 days”.
4. In paragraph 2 in Schedule 1A (remission and part remission of fees)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—
“1 No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise be payable, is in receipt of a qualifying benefit and is not in receipt of funding provided by the LSC for the purposes of the proceedings and for which a certificate has been issued under the Funding Code.”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)(a)” substitute “paragraph (1)”.
Jack Straw
Lord Chancellor
17th January 2008
Alan Campbell
Steve McCabe
Two of the Lords...
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