{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/381",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to—\n(a) introduce the following new fees in the Schedule:—\nin proceedings under the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (Fee No.5(a)-(j));\non an ex parte application to remove a petitioner’s address from the petition (Fee No.7(b));\non copies of orders, decrees or audio recordings produced on compact disc (Fee No.9(b)-(d));\nwhere a search is carried out by an officer of the court (Fee No.10(b)(ii));\non lodgement of a bill of costs (Fee No.13(a));\n(b) increase a number of fees;\n(c) decrease the on making a search in the index of Parental Responsibility Agreements (Fee No.10(a) ); and\n(d) to provide for exemptions from fees payable in the circumstances as outlined in Article 2 and refunds where appropriate.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order (and other Orders relating to court fees) was placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and is available on the Court Service’s web-site at www.courtsni.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/381/note",
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  },
  "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."
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