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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-fees-amendment-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3189",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-fees-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the County Court Fees Order 1982 so as—\n(1) to provide that exemption and remission from payment of court fees are only available for small claims proceedings, and that they have the effect of reducing the fee in question to £10 (article 3);\n(2) to provide an advance fee for the lodging of a bill for taxation, equal to half of the estimated final taxation fee as calculated on the assumption that the bill is upheld in full, and to set the final fee at £7.50 per £100 of the bill as taxed (article 9);\n(3) where the bill is lodged by the party who would have to pay the amount of the taxed bill, to limit the amount of the advance fee to £50 unless the district judge orders otherwise (article 5);\n(4) to reduce the fee for copies of documents to 25p per page after the first five pages of each document (article 11);\n(5) to increase the following fees as indicated (articles 6 and 7):—\nFee No.\nShort description of fee (for full description see fees order)\nExisting Fee £\nNew Fee £\n1\nOriginating process\n10 to 80, depending on the amount of the claim\n10 to 500, depending on the amount of the claim\n2A\nSetting down for trial\n50\n100\n2B(i)\nAppeals to judge\n20\n50\n3(ii)\nReview of taxation\n30\n50\n4(iii)\nGarnishee order\n25\n50\n4(v)\nCharging order\n25\n50\n4(vi)\nJudgment summons\n25\n50\n4A(i)\nTribunal award\n20\n30\n8(i)\nAdmiralty warrant\n20\n80\n9(i)(a)\nDebtor’s bankruptcy petition\n25\n50\n9(i)(b)\nCreditor’s bankruptcy petition\n55\n80\n9(ii)\nIssue of any other petition under the Companies Act 1985 or Insolvency Act 1986\n55\n80\n9(iii)(a)\nHearing before district judge\n20\n30\n9(iii)(b)\nHearing before Circuit judge\n20\n50\n(6) to make the fee on a counterclaim the same as that on an independent claim (article 7);\n(7) to introduce the following new fees (articles 4, 7, 8 and 10):—\nFee No.\nShort description of fee (for full description see Order)\nAmount of fee £\n1(iv)\nSecond or subsequent summons\n10\n1(v)\nThird party notice\n50\n2C(i)\nWitness summons\n20\n2C(ii)\nApplication by debtor to vary judgment\n10\n2C(iii)\nApplication to set aside judgment\n10\n2C(iv)\nEx parte or consent application without hearing\n10\n2C(v)\nApplication to district judge\n20\n2C(vi)\nApplication to circuit judge\n30\n4(i)(c)\nSecond or subsequent warrant\n20\n4(ix)\nApplication to suspend warrant\n10",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 45; sections 414 and 415 have been amended by the Insolvency Fees Amendment Order 1992, S.I. 1992/34."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3189/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:12.693409+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}