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The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 3) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1545 · Made 8 June 2000

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FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th June 2000

Coming into force 3rd July 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 41 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984f1, with the concurrence of the Treasury under section 41 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment to the 1999 Fees Order
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 3) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

(a)

“the 1999 Fees Order” means the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1999f1;

(b)

a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Fees Order.

3Amendment to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 1 in fee 1.6, after the word “client” there shall be added the words “; or on the commencement of costs-only proceedings”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 25th May 2000

We concur,

Greg Pope

Bob Ainsworth

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 8th June 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1999 by specifying a fee for commencement of costs-only proceedings. Costs-only proceedings are permitted by rule 44.12A of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 which is inserted into those Rules by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2000. Rule 44.12A applies to family proceedings by virtue of the Family Proceedings (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1999.