# The High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2008

S.S.I. 2008/237 · made 6 June 2008 · revised to 6 June 2008

This Order specifies new fee levels payable to the Principal Clerk of Justiciary or any officer acting for the Principal Clerk in relation to proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary. Fee levels were last amended on 16th July 2007 by the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/321). These new fees will be applicable from 1st August 2008 and are found in the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Made under: 1895 c. 14 (Section 2)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-of-justiciary-fees-amendment-order-2008/pdf/ssi_20080237_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-of-justiciary-fees-amendment-order-2008/pdf/ssien_20080237_en.pdf

## Introductory text

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
Made 6th June 2008
Laid before the Parliament 6th June 2008
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2008 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st August 2008.
(2) Article 2(b) and Schedule 2 shall come into force, and article 2(a) and Schedule 1 shall cease to have effect, on 1st April 2010.

## 2 Amendment of the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984

The Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984 shall be substituted by–
(a) the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to this Order on 1st August 2008; and
(b) the Table of Fees in Schedule 2 to this Order on 1st April 2010.

## Signature

KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th June 2008

## Schedule 1 TABLE OF FEES

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
(Matters)
(Fee payable)
(Fee formerly payable)
£
£
1 Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure)
85
65
2 Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof
35
26
3 Certified copy of any other document
15
11
4 Copying–
(a) of each document up to 10 pages
5
–
(b) each further page or part thereof (in excess of 10 pages)
0.50
0.20
(c) of each document copied to CD or in electronic form
5
3
5 Searches – for any search of records or archives–
(a) up to 30 minutes
15
11
(b) for more than 30 minutes up to 2 hours
35
29
(c) each additional 30 minutes (in excess of 2 hours)
10
8
(d) In addition, correspondence fee where applicable
10
8

## Schedule 2 TABLE OF FEES

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
(Matters)
(Fee payable)
(Fee formerly payable)
£
£
1 Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure)
90
85
2 Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof
35
35
3 Certified copy of any other document
15
15
4 Copying–
(a) of each document up to 10 pages
5
5
(b) each further page or part thereof (in excess of 10 pages)
0.50
0.50
(c) of each document copied to CD or in electronic form
5
5
5 Searches – for any search of records or archives–
(a) up to 30 minutes
15
15
(b) for more than 30 minutes up to 2 hours
35
35
(c) each additional 30 minutes (in excess of 2 hours)
10
10
(d) In addition, correspondence fee where applicable
10
10

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies new fee levels payable to the Principal Clerk of Justiciary or any officer acting for the Principal Clerk in relation to proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary. Fee levels were last amended on 16th July 2007 by the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/321). These new fees will be applicable from 1st August 2008 and are found in the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to this Order.
This Order also specifies new fee levels which will be applicable from 1st April 2010, replacing those fees applicable from 1st August 2008. These fees are found in the Table of Fees in Schedule 2 to this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/237 (the official version)
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