Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces the Crown Office Fees Order 1990. It alters the fees to be taken in the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, as follows—

(1)

for Letters Patent under the Great Seal—

(a)

for Heralds, the fee is increased from £60 to £120;

(b)

for Queen’s Counsel, the fee is reduced from £380 to £150;

(c)

for Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter, the fee is reduced from £350 to £180;

(d)

for Grant of Title of City, the fee is increased from £800 to £1250;

(e)

for Grant of Title of Lord Mayor, the fee is increased from £800 to £1250;

(2)

for Writ of Summons on the Determination of an abeyance of a Barony, the fee is reduced from £350 to £120.

Provision is no longer made for the filing of a Memorial for appointment as a Welsh District Notary since this office was abolished with effect from 1st July 1991 by section 57 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41).