{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-fees-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-fees-order-northern-ireland-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/103",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-fees-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order revokes and replaces the County Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 (as amended) so as to:—\n(a) increase the majority of fees to be taken in proceedings in county courts;\n(b) introduce a new fee, of £20, to be payable on a Certificate of Readiness and remove the fees payable on the entry of a notice of intention to defend, on the late entry of a civil bill or defence or on the entry of a remitted action; and\n(c) increase the fees payable to process servers.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/103/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:06.103634+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."
}