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The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1834 · Made 10 July 2014

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Senior Courts Of England And Wales

County Court, England And Wales

Made 10th July 2014

Laid before Parliament 14th July 2014

Coming into force 4th August 2014

The Lord Chancellor, with the consent and sanction of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Courts Act 2003f1, and sections 414 and 415 of the Insolvency Act 1986f2.

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of the Courts Act 2003 the Lord Chancellor 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.

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Footnotes

f1

2003 c.39; section 92 was amended by paragraph 345 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 11 to that Act.

f2

1986 c.45.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
  3. 3Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
  4. 4Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment No.2) Order 2014 and comes into force on 4th August 2014.

2Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008f1 is amended as follows:

3Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken)—

(a)

at fee 3.5, in column 2 (amount of fee), substitute £280 for £160;

(b)

at fee 8.1(a), in column 2 (amount of fee), substitute £70 for £100.

4Amendments of the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

In Schedule 2 (remissions and part remissions), in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “excluded benefits”—

(a)

after “2002,” omit “or”;

(b)

after “section 12B(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968”, insert “or the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013f1”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Shailesh Vara

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

10th July 2014

We consent,

Sam Gyimah

Anne Milton

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

10th July 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I 2008/1053).

Fee 3.5 (applications under the Companies Act 1985 (c.6), the Companies Act 2006 (c.46) and Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45)) has been increased from £160 to £280.

Fee 8.1 (a) (County Court enforcement in cases other than County Court Business Centre cases) has been reduced from £100 to £70.

In Schedule 2, the definition of benefits that are excluded when determining whether to grant a fee remission has been corrected to include benefits based upon the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 1).