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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-order-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/690",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Fees Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-fees-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 and replaces it by specifying new fees for family proceedings in the High Court and the county courts. In most cases the fees have been increased.\nThe table of comparison below shows the comparison between the old fees and the new fees. The table also shows where new fees have been introduced.\nTable of Comparison\nNumber and summary of new fee (for full description see Schedule 1)\nAmount of new fee (for full details see Schedule 1)\nAmount of old fee\nNumber of old fee\nSection 1. Fees to be taken in the High Court and in the county courts\nCommencement\n1\n1.1 Filing originating proceedings\n£120\n£100\n1(a)\n1.2 Presenting any petition\n£150\n£150\n1(b)\n1.3 Applying for non molestation order/occupation order\n£40\n£30\n1(c)\n1.4 Amending a petition\n£50\n£50\n1(d)\n1.5 Filing an answer to a petition or a cross petition\n£100\n£100\n1(e)\n1.6 Application for order under Part III of Solicitors Act 1974\n£30\nNew fee\nNew fee\nProceedings under the Children Act 1989\n2\nOn filing an application or requesting leave–\nParental responsibility, guardians, section 8 orders etc.\n2.1 (a) section 4(1)(a), or (3), 5(1), 10(1) or (2)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(a)\n(b) section 6(7), or 13(1)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(b)\nFinancial provision for children\n2.2 (a) paragraph 1(1), 2(1), 6(5) or 14(1) of Schedule 1\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(c)\n(b) paragraph 1(4), 2(5), 5(6), 6(7), 6(8), 8(2), 10(2), or 11 of Schedule 1\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(d)\nSecure accommodation\n2.3 (a) Section 25\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(e)\nCare, supervision, etc.\n2.4 (a) section 31\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(f)\n(b) section 33(7), 38(8)(b), 39(1), (2), (3) or (4), paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 14\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(g)\nContact with child in care\n2.5 (a) section 34(2), (3), (4) or (9)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(h)\nPlacement abroad\n2.6 (a) paragraph 19(1) of Schedule 2\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(i)\nEducation supervision\n2.7 (a) section 36(1)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(j)\n(b) paragraph 15(2) or 17(1) of Schedule 3\n£80\n£50\n2(l)(k)\nChild Assessment order\n2.8 (a) section 43(1)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(l)\nEmergency protection\n2.9 (a) section 43(12)\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(m)\n(b) section 44, 45, 46 or 48\n£80\n£50\n2(l)(n)\nRecovery of Children\n2.10 (a) section 50\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(o)\nMiscellaneous\n2.11 (a) section 102\n£80\n£50\n2(1)(p)\nAppeals\n2.12 (a) On commencing an appeal under section 94 of, or paragraph 23(11) of Schedule 2 to, the Children Act 1989\n£80\n£50\n2(2)\nInterim care/supervision orders\n2.13 (a) Applying for interim care/supervision orders\n£30\nNo specific fee\nNo specific fee\nAdoption and wardship applications\n3\n3.1 Commencing proceedings under the Adoption Act 1976\n£120\n£100\n3(a)\n3.2 Commencing proceedings under section 21 of Adoption Act 1976\n£120\n£100\n3(b)\n3.3 Applying for exercise of High Court jurisdiction to children\n£120\n£100\n3(c)\nApplications in proceedings\n4\n4.1 Application for an order, no notice given\n£30\n£20\n5(a)(c)\n4.2 Request for directions for trial\n£30\n£20\n5(b)\n4.3 Application on notice\n£60\n£30\n5(d)\nAppeal from a district judge\n5\n5.1 Appeal from a district judge to a judge\n£80\n£50\n6\nSearches\n6\n6.1 Search in the central index of decrees absolute at Principal Registry\n£20\n£20\n7(a)\n6.2 On making a search in the central index of parental responsibility\n£20\n£20\n7(b)\n6.3 Search in the index of decrees absolute of a divorce county court\n£5\n£5\n7(c)\nCopies of documents\n7\n7.1 (a) Copy document per page for the first five pages\n£1\n£1\n8(a)\n7.1 (b) Copy per page for subsequent pages\n25p\n25p\n8(b)\n7.2 Copy document in electronic form\n£3\nNew fee\nNew fee\nDetermination of costs\n8\nOld fees apply where documents filed pursuant to a court order made before this Order came into force.\n8.1 Filing bill of costs/request for detailed assessment/detailed assessment hearing/request for hearing date for assessment under Part III Solicitors Act 1974\n£80\nscale fees (estimated average £286)\n9(a)(b)\n8.2 Request for review of taxation or an appeal against taxation/detailed assessment\n£50\nNew fee\nNew fee\n8.3 Application for court’s approval of a Legal Aid Taxation/Assessment Certificate\n£20\nNew fee\nNew fee\nRegistration of maintenance orders\n9\n9.1 Application to register maintenance order for enforcement\n£30\n£25\n10(a)\n9.2 Application to send maintenance order abroad for enforcement\n£30\n£25\n10(b)\nInsolvency Act 1986\n10\n10.1 On entering a bankruptcy petition\n(a) by debtor or personal representative of deceased debtor\n£120\nNew fee\nNew fee\n(b) by a creditor or other person\n£150\nNew fee\nNew fee\n10.2 Any other petition\n£150\nNew fee\nNew fee\n10.3 (a) Request for a certificate for discharge\n£50\nNew fee\nNew fee\n10.3 (b) and after the first certificate, for each copy\n£1\nNew fee\nNew fee\nSection 2. Fees to be taken in the county courts only\nService\n11\n11.1 On a request for service by bailiff\n£10\n£10\n11\nEnforcement in the county courts\n12\n12.1 (a) County court execution up to £125\n£25\n£30\n12(a)\n12.1 (b) County Court execution over £125\n£45\n£30\n12(a)\n12.2 Further attempt at execution of warrant\n£20\nNew fee\nNew fee\n12.3 Oral examination\n£40\n£30\n12(b)\n12.4 Garnishee order or charging order\n£50\n£50\n12(c)(d)\n12.5 Judgment summons\n£80\n£50\n12(e)\n12.6 Warrant of possession or delivery\n£80\nNew fee\nNew fee\n12.7 Attachment of earnings application\n£50\nNew fee\nNew fee\nSale\n13\n13.1 Taking steps to remove goods\nreasonable expenses\nreasonable expenses\n13(a)\n13.2 For advertising a sale by public auction\nreasonable expenses\nreasonable expenses\n13(b)\n13.3 For the appraisement of goods\n5p in the £\n5p in the £\n13(c)\n13.4 For the sale of goods\n15p in the £\n15p in the £\n13(d)\n13.5 Stop sale fee\n10p in the £ and fees 13.1, 13.2 or 13.3\nWhere goods appraised, 10p for every £1 Where goods not appraised, the reasonable expenses incurred\n13(e)\nSection 3. Fees to be taken in the High Court only\nEnforcement in the High Court\n14\n14.1 Sealing a writ of execution/possession/delivery\n£20\n£20\n16(a)\n14.2 Oral examination\n£40\n£35\n16(b)\n14.3 Garnishee order/charging order\n£50\n£60\n16(d)\n14.4 Judgment summons\n£80\n£25\n16(c)\n14.5 Application to register/enforce a judgment or order\n£30\n£30\n16(e)\nAffidavits\n15\n15.1 Taking an affidavit/affirmation or attestation\n£5\n£5\n19(a)\n15.2 For each exhibit referred to in an affidavit\n£2\n£2\n19(b)",
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