Article 4 Amendment of the Court of Protection Fees Order 2007

(1)

The Court of Protection Fees Order 2007^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Rules”, for “the Court of Protection Rules 2007” substitute “the Court of Protection Rules 2017^f2”.

(3)

In article 4 (application fee)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “Part 9 of the Rules (how to start proceedings)” substitute “Part 9 of the Rules (how to start and respond to proceedings, and parties to proceedings)”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(a), in the opening words, for “rule 67 of the Rules (applications relating to lasting powers of attorney)” substitute “rule 9.7 of the Rules (applications relating to lasting powers of attorney)”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)(b), in the opening words, for “rule 68 of the Rules (applications relating to enduring powers of attorney)” substitute “rule 9.8 of the Rules (applications relating to enduring powers of attorney)”.

(4)

In article 5 (appeal fee), in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately before it.

(5)

In article 6 (hearing fees), omit paragraph (4).

(6)

Omit article 10 (transitional provision).

(7)

In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken)^f3, in the table, in each entry relating to a fee listed in the table in Schedule 2 to this Order (“Table 2”), for the amount specified in column 2 substitute the amount specified in column 3 of the corresponding entry in Table 2 (revised amount of fee).

(8)

In Schedule 2 (remissions and part remissions)^f4, in paragraph 14 (resources and income treated as the party's resources and income), in sub-paragraph (3)(b), after “treated as the disposable capital” insert “and gross monthly income”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/1745 (L. 13).
f2: S.I. 2017/1035 (L. 16), as amended by S.I. 2019/517, 2020/942 and 1574 and 2022/1192.
f3: Schedule 1 was numbered as such by S.I. 2013/2302.
f4: Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 2013/2302.