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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-etc-fees-amendment-order-2002/schedule",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/270",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Session etc. Fees Amendment Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-etc-fees-amendment-order-2002",
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  "heading": "TABLE OF FEES",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\n(Matters)\n(Fee payable)\n(Fee formerly payable)\nPART I –FEES IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE COURT\nA. SIGNETING\nSigneting of any writ or summons, if attendance is necessary outwith the normal office hours\n£62.00\n£57.00\nB. GENERAL DEPARTMENT\n1 Appeal, summons, or other writ or step by which any cause or proceeding, other than a family action, is originated in either the Inner or Outer House – fee (to comprehend signeting in normal office hours)\n£106.00\n£97.00\n2 Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes an appearance in a course or proceeding other than a family action\n£106.00\n£97.00\n3 Writ by which a family action is originated (other than a simplified divorce application) – inclusive fee (to comprehend signeting within normal office hours and, if applicable, issue to the pursuer of an extract in terms of item G5(a) of this Table, and to the defender, if appropriate, of a duplicate thereof)\n£81.00\n£74.00\n4 Simplified divorce application (inclusive of all procedure other than that specified in item B5 of this Table)\n£62.00\n£57.00\n5 In relation to a simplified divorce application, citation of any persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76, of the Rules of Court, or intimation to any person or persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76, of those Rules, where such intimation is required.\n£41.00\n£38.00\n6 Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment of or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes appearance in a family action\n£81.00\n£74.00\n7 Fee for initial lodging of affidavits in a family action where proof by affidavit evidence has been allowed\n£35.00\n£32.00\n8 Special case–\nFor each party\n£53.00\n£49.00\nMaximum fee payable per case\n£215.00\n£197.00\n9 Application by minute or motion for variation of an order in a family action\n£19.00\n£17.00\n10 Answers or opposition to an application under item B9 of this Table\n£19.00\n£17.00\n11 Letter of request to a foreign court\n£27.00\n£25.00\n12 Citation of each jury, to include outlays incurred in citing and countermanding – payable on receipt of instruments for issue of precept\n£149.00\n£137.00\n13 Reclaiming motion – fee payable by party enrolling motion\n£106.00\n£97.00\n14 Closed record – fee payable by each party on the lodging of the closed record or, where no closed record is lodged, when mode of enquiry is determined\n£53.00\n£49.00\n15 Allowing proof, etc. – fee payable by each party on diet of proof, jury trial, procedure roll or summar roll hearing being allowed\n£28.00\n£26.00\n16 Proof or Procedure Roll – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n17 Summar Roll – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n18 Jury Trial – fee payable by each party appearing at the trial for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n19 Outer House hearing other than items B16, B18, B21 and B24 of this Table – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n20 Inner House hearing other than items B17, B22 and B24 of this Table – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n21 Motion Roll hearing – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes – for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n22 Single Bills hearing – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes – for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n23 Fee payable by any party enrolling a motion or making a motion orally at the bar and any party opposing any such motion\n£27.00\n£25.00\n24 Hearing out of hours – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\nC. PETITION DEPARTMENT\n1 Petition of whatever nature presented to Inner or Outer House other than a petition under item C3 or C4 of this Table, whether in respect of the first or any subsequent step of process, and any application for registration or recognition of a judgment under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982\n£106.00\n£97.00\n2 Additional fee payable when a petition in terms of item C1 of this Table is presented outwith normal office hours\n£62.00\n£57.00\n3 Petition to be admitted as a notary public:\nFor each applicant\n£80.00\n£73.00\n4 Petition to be admitted as a solicitor:\nFor each applicant\n£80.00\n£73.00\n5 Answers, objection or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes appearance in a proceeding to which item C1 of this Table applies\n£106.00\n£97.00\n6 Caveat\n£27.00\n£25.00\n7 Fiat\n£27.00\n£25.00\n8 Registering official copies of orders of courts in England and Wales or Northern Ireland\n£10.00\n£9.00\n9 Issue of an abbreviate in sequestration\n£10.00\n£9.00\n10 Reclaiming motion – fee payable by party enrolling motion\n£106.00\n£97.00\n11 Closed record – fee payable by each party on the lodging of the closed record or, when no closed record is lodged, when mode of enquiry is determined\n£53.00\n£49.00\n12 Allowing proof, etc. – fee payable by each party on diet of proof, procedure roll, summar roll or judicial review hearing being allowed\n£28.00\n£26.00\n13 Application by minute or motion for variation of an order in a petition for custody, aliment or access\n£20.00\n£18.00\n14 Answers or opposition to a motion under item C13 of this Table\n£20.00\n£18.00\n15 Registering orders for enforcement under section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986\n£10.00\n£9.00\n16 Proof or Procedure Roll – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n17 Summar Roll – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n18 Outer House hearing other than items C16, C20 and C23 of this Table – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n19 Inner House hearing other than items C17, C21 and C23 of this Table – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n20 Motion Roll Hearing – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes – for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£16.00\n£13.00\n21 Single Bills hearing – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing after first 30 minutes – for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\n22 Fee payable by any party enrolling a motion or making a motion orally at the bar; and any party opposing any such motion\n£27.00\n£25.00\n23 Hearing out of hours – fee payable by each party appearing at the hearing for every 30 minutes or part thereof\n£33.00\n£26.00\nD. COURT FOR HEARING APPEALS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS\nAppeal – inclusive fee\n£106.00\n£97.00\nE. ELECTION COURT\n1 Parliamentary election petition\n£106.00\n£97.00\n2 Statement of matters\n£10.00\n£9.00\n3 Any other petition, application, answers or objections submitted to the court\n£27.00\n£25.00\n4 Certificate of judgement\n£27.00\n£25.00\nF. LANDS VALUATION APPEAL COURT\n1 Appeal – inclusive fee\n£106.00\n£97.00\n2 Answers – inclusive fee\n£106.00\n£97.00\nG. EXTRACTS DEPARTMENT\n1 Extract decree following upon a summons, petition or appeal, or after protestation of a note, and whether in absence or otherwise\n£29.00\n£27.00\n2 Extract of admission as a solicitor\n£26.00\n£24.00\n3 Extract of protestation\n£26.00\n£24.00\n4 Certificate under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982\n£26.00\n£24.00\n5 Documentation evidencing divorce, nullity or dissolution of marriage:\n(a) Extract from Consistorial Register of Decrees of decree pronounced on or after 23rd September 1975 if not issued in terms of item B3 or B4 of this Table\n£15.00\n£14.00\n(b) Certificate of divorce in decree pronounced prior to 23rd September 1975\n£15.00\n£14.00\n(c) Certified copy interlocutor in decree pronounced prior to 23rd September 1975\n£15.00\n£14.00\n6 Extract from the Register of Acts and Decrees – per sheet or part thereof\n£15.00\n£14.00\n7 Sealing and certifying any document for exhibition in a foreign jurisdiction or otherwise\n£15.00\n£14.00\n8 Acknowledgement of receipt of a notice under section 19(6) or 21(2) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970\n£26.00\n£24.00\n9 Acknowledgement of receipt of an offer under section 9 of the Conveyancing Amendment (Scotland) Act 1938\n£26.00\n£24.00\nPART II –FEES IN THE OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT OF COURT\nH. OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT OF COURT\nI. In Factories and Curatories\n1 For registering case and receiving and delivering up bond of caution–\nin Court of Session appointments\n£26.00\n£24.00\nin Sheriff Court appointments\n£17.00\n£16.00\n2 For examining factor’s inventory – 0.333% of the value of the estate as disclosed\nminimum fee payable\n£19.00\n£17.00\nmaximum fee payable\n£469.00\n£430.00\n3 For auditing each account–\nbasic fee\n£10.00\n£9.00\nadditional percentage fee on the factor’s commission as fixed (or what would have been the factor’s full commission if chargeable or fully allowed)\n17.5%\n17.5%\n4 For reporting re discharge, special powers or on other special matters\n£32.00 to £144.00\n£29.00 to £132.00\n5 For granting consent in terms of section 2(4) of the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961 and rule 61.14 of the Rules of Court\n£76.00\n£70.00\n6 For report on scheme of division–\nbasic fee\n£17.00\n£16.00\nadditional fee for each £1,000 (excluding the first £1,000) or part thereof of value of estate to be divided\n£10.00\n£9.00\nmaximum fee payable\n£328.00\n£301.00\n7 For certificate under seal\n£19.00\n£17.00\nII. In Consignations\n8 For lodging consignation\n£14.00\n£13.00\n9 For producing or delivering up–\nbasic fee\n£14.00\n£13.00\nadditional fee for every £100 or part thereof uplifted\n£1.00\n£1.00\nmaximum fee payable\n£49.00\n£45.00\nIII. Liquidations\n10 For uplifting bond of caution\n£4.00\n£4.00\nPART III –FEES IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COURT OF SESSION\nI. OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE COURT OF SESSION\n1 Taxing accounts of expenses incurred in judicial proceedings (including proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary) remitted to the Auditor of the Court of Session for taxation:\n(a) Auditor’s fee on lodging account for taxation\n£30.00\n£12.00\n(b) Auditor’s fee for taxing accounts for expenses etc.\n(i) up to £400\n£16.00\n£12.00\n(ii) for every additional £100 or part thereof\n£4.00\n£4.00\nNote: fee to be determined by the Auditor of the Court of Session on amount of account as submitted\n2 Fee for assessing account remitted to the Auditor to determine whether an additional fee should be paid\n£200.00\n3 Fee for cancellation of diet of taxation–\n(a) where written notice of cancellation received within three working days of diet, half of fee that would have been payable under item I1(b) of this Table\n(b) where written notice of cancellation received on the working day before or the day of the diet, three-quarters of fee that would have been payable under item I1(b) of this Table\nPART IV –FEES COMMON TO ALL OFFICES\nJ. MISCELLANEOUS\n1 Certified copy of proceedings for appeal to the House of Lords\n£106.00\n£97.00\n2 Certifying of any other document (plus copying charges if necessary)\n£10.00\n£9.00\n3 Recording, engrossing, extracting or copying– all documents:\n(a) By manuscript or typescript (exclusive of search fee)–\nfor each page or part thereof\n£7.00\n(b) By copying by any other means (exclusive of search fee)–\nfor each page\n£0.30\n4 Searches – for any search of records or archives:\n(a) For first half hour of time taken\n£10.00\n£9.00\n(b) For more than one half hour up to a maximum of two hours\n£26.00\n£24.00\n(c) For each half hour or part thereof in excess of two hours\n£7.00\n£6.00\n(d) Correspondence fee where applicable\n£7.00\n£6.00\n5 Captions:\n(a) Marking caption when ordered\n£5.00\n£5.00\n(b) Warrant for caption when issued\n£5.00\n£5.00\n6 Rolls of Court – annual subscription fee per copy including delivery\n£687.00\n£630.00",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Column 3 shows the fees which were payable under S.I. 1997/688 (as amended by S.I. 1999/755) before the coming into force of this Order. Where there is no entry in column 3 but an entry in column 2 in respect of any particular matter, the matter is new or has been amended such that no direct comparison can be made with the fee formerly payable."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1982 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1970 c. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1938 c. 24; section 9 was amended by the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35), section 46, and by the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 38), section 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1961 c. 57; section 2 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act (c.55), section 8."
    }
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