# The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/453 · made 29 October 2007

This Order amends the Schedule to the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to—insert the fee for filing an answer/reply to a petition/answer and the personal application fee for a matrimonial interview in that part of the Schedule dealing with the commencement of proceedings;insert the fee for a C2 application in that part of the Schedule dealing with proceedings under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; anddelete the above fees where they were previously listed in the Schedule.

Made under: Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (Section 116)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2007/pdf/nisr_20070453_en.pdf

## Introductory text

FAMILY PROCEEDINGS
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY COURT
Made 29th October 2007
Coming into operation 26th November 2007
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 26th November 2007.
(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.

## 2 Amendments to the principal Order

In the Schedule to the principal Order—
(a) after Fee no.1(b) insert the following fees:–
“
(c)
On filing an answer/reply to a petition/answer
100.00
The filed copy
(d)
Personal Application Fee for a matrimonial interview
50.00
The requisition
”;
(b) after Fee no.4(q) insert the following fee:–
“
(r)
On any application brought under form C2
(i) High Court
75.00
(ii) County Court
57.50
”; and
(c) delete Fees no. 5(b), (e), (g) and (h).

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Hanson
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 27th October 2007
We concur
Alan Campbell
Claire M. Ward
Two of the Lords Commissioners
of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 29th October 2007

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Schedule to the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to—
(a) insert the fee for filing an answer/reply to a petition/answer and the personal application fee for a matrimonial interview in that part of the Schedule dealing with the commencement of proceedings;
(b) insert the fee for a C2 application in that part of the Schedule dealing with proceedings under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; and
(c) delete the above fees where they were previously listed in the Schedule.
This Order does not increase or reduce any fees.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, which originally inserted the above fees, was placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and is available on the Northern Ireland Court Service’s website at www.courtsni.gov.uk

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