# The Court and Public Guardian Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3120), the Public Guardian (Fees, etc) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2051) and the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1053).
Article 3 exempts fees from being payable under the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 in relation to emergency service personnel and armed forces personnel where inheritance tax reliefs apply. Article 3 also increases Fee 8 in Schedule 1 to that Order. Fee 8, which relates to requests for copies of documents, including grants or wills, is increased from £1.50 to £16, where the request is for a copy of a document of a specific individual named in the request.
Article 4 applies inflation-based increases to fees for applications relating to lasting and enduring powers of attorney in the Public Guardian (Fees, etc) Regulations 2007 from £82 to £92 and the fee to resubmit an application to register a lasting power of attorney from £41 to £46.
Article 5 exempts fees from being payable for applications relating to insolvency and persons at risk of violence under the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008.
Article 6 exempts fees from being payable for making referrals to the High Court of decisions to release prisoners on parole under the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at https://legislation.gov.uk or by writing to the Ministry of Justice, Fees Policy and Administrative Justice Team, 102 Petty France, Area 5.20, Westminster, London, SW1H 9AJ.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1126/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-and-public-guardian-fees-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2025/note
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