{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3190",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Family Proceeding Fees Order 1991—\n(1) to provide that exemption and remission from payment of court fees are only available in undefended proceedings for divorce or judicial separation, and that when available they reduce the fee in question to £20 (articles 4 and 5);\n(2) to increase the following fees (article 7):\nFee No.\nShort description of fee (for full description see fees order)\nExisting fee £\nNew fee £\n(fees to be taken in the High Court and county courts)\n1(a)\nOriginating application/summons\n20\n100\n1(b)\nPetition\n80\n150\n2(1)(a) to (p)\nApplications under the Children Act 1989\n20, 30 or 50\n50\n3(a), (b)\nAdoption proceedings\n20 or 30\n100\n3(c)\nWardship proceedings\n50\n100\n4\nAncillary relief application\n30\n50\n5\nGeneral application\n20\n30\n6\nAppeal from a district judge\n20\n50\n10(a)\nRegistration of maintenance order\n10\n25\n(fees to be taken in county courts only)\n12(c)\nEntering garnishee proceedings\n25\n50\n12(d)\nApplication for a charging order\n25\n50\n12(e)\nIssue of a judgment summons\n25\n50\n(fees to be taken in the High Court only)\n16(d)\nApplication for a garnishee order, charging order or receiver\n30\n60\n16(e)\nCertified copy of judgment\n20\n30\n(3) to introduce the following new fees (articles 8, 10 and 13):—\nFee No.\nShort description of fee (for full description see fees order)\nAmount of fee £\n(fees to be taken in the High Court and county courts)\n1(d)\nAmended, second or subsequent petition\n50\n1(e)\nAnswer or cross petition\n100\n4(a)\nApplication for ancillary relief by consent\n30\n7(c)\nSearch in local index of decrees absolute\n5\n(fees to be taken in the High Court only)\n19(a)\nAffidavit before court officer\n5\n19(b)\nExhibit to same\n2\n(4) to make specific provision for applications to make a decree nisi absolute, requests for directions for trial and applications for consent orders (other than for ancillary relief), to remove the fee for requests for directions in uncontested divorce proceedings and to keep the fee at £20 in the other cases listed (article 9);\n(5) to reduce the fee for copies of documents to 25p per page after the first five pages of each document (article 11);\n(6) to provide an advance fee for the lodging of a bill for taxation, equal to half of the estimated final taxation fee as calculated on the assumption that the bill is upheld in full, and to set the final fee at £7.50 per £100 of the bill as taxed (article 12);\n(7) where the bill is lodged by the party who would have to pay the amount of the taxed bill, to limit the amount of the advance fee to £50 unless the district judge orders otherwise (article 6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3190/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:12.012339+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}