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The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/682 · Made 5 March 2007

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FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

SUPREME Court OF ENGLAND AND WALES

County courts, England and wales

Made 5th March 2007

Laid before Parliament 6th March 2007

Coming into force 6th April 2007

The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Courts Act 2003 f1.

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of that Act he has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c.39; section 92 is amended by paragraphs 308 and 345 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) from 1 October 2005 and by paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 11 to that Act from a date to be appointed.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.

2Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004

In article 3(2)(b) of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004f1, for “£15,460” substitute “£16,017.”

Signature

Falconer of Thoroton, C.

26th February 2007

We consent,

Alan Campbell

Dave Watts

Two of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury

5th March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004 (SI 2004/3114) by increasing from £15,460 to £16,017, the maximum gross annual income above which working tax credit will not be a qualifying benefit for the purposes of exemption from court fees under the 2004 Order.