Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases most of the fees payable to the Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary, or any officer acting for him, in relation to proceedings in the Court of Session and the specialised courts. Apart from the increase of fees, certain new fees have been introduced to the Table of Fees as follows–
Item B8A—a new fee for answers or opposition to a motion for variation of an order in a consistorial cause;
Item C11—a new fee for closed records lodged in the Petition Department;
Item C12—a new fee for applications by minute or motion for variation of an order in a Petition for custody, aliment or access;
Item C13—a new fee for answers or opposition to a motion under item C12;
Item C14—a new fee for registering orders for enforcement under section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
Item G8—a new fee for acknowledging receipt of a notice under section 19(6) or 21(2) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970; and
Item G9–a new fee for acknowledging receipt of an offer under section 9 of the Conveyancing Amendment (Scotland) Act 1938.
In addition to the above new fees, Item B8 extends the scope for charging a fee in relation to applications for variation of an order in a consistorial cause to include applications made by motion and Item C3A introduces a separate fee for presenting a petition to be admitted as a solicitor.