# The Magistrates' Courts Fees Order 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order replaces sections 137 and 138 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) and specifies the fees payable in magistrates' courts. Some of the fees have increased and some new fees have been introduced.
The table below sets out the fees.
Number and summary of new fee (for full description see Schedule)
Amount of new fee
Amount of old fee
1. Attendance
1.1 On a justice of the peace, to view deserted premises, a highway, bridge or nuisance
£44
£44
2. Case for the opinion of the High Court
2.1 Application to state a case for the opinion of the High Court
£382
£382
2.2 Request for certificate of refusal to state a case
£8
£8
3. Certificate
3.1 Request for certificate where no other fee specified
£25
£8
4. Register of fines
4.1 Request for certificate of satisfaction
£15
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5. Council tax and rates
5.1 Application for a liability order
£3
70p
5.2 Complaint (or application) and summons
£25
£10
5.3 Warrant of arrest
£25
£10
5.4 Commitment order
£40
£40
6. Copy documents
6.1(a) Copy of first page of a document
£1.10
£1.10
6.1(b) Copy per page for subsequent pages
55p
55p
6.1(c) Each additional copy
10p
10p
7. Duplicate
7.1 For the duplicate of any document
£5
£5
8. Proceedings under the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978
8.1 Application for an order for financial provision
£175
£30
9. Proceedings under the Family Law Act 1986
9.1 Application for a declaration of parentage
£130
£30 (application previously made under section 27 of the Child Support Act 1991)
10. Proceedings under the Children Act 1989
10.1 On an application or request for permission—
(a) section 4(1)(c) or (3) or 4A(1)(b) or (3)
£175
£30 (in respect of applications under section 4(1)(c) or (3))
(b) section 5(1) or 6(7)
£175
£30
(c) section 10(1) or (2)
£175
£30
(d) section 13(1)
£175
£30
(e) section 14A(3) or (6)(a), 14C(3) or 14D(1)
£140
–
(f) section 31
£150
£50
(g) section 33(7)
£150
£20
(h) section 34
£150
£20
(i) section 36
£150
£50
(j) section 43
£150
£50
(k) Part XA
£150
£50
(l) paragraph 1(1), 2(1), 6(5) or 14(1) of Schedule 1
£175
£30
(m) paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8
£150
£50
10.2 Application to vary, extend or discharge an order where the order subject to the application relates to—
(a) fees 10.1(a) to (d) and (l)
£175
£20
(b) fees 10.1(f) to (j)
£150
£20
11. Proceedings under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
11.1 Application under section 30
£175
£30
12. Proceedings under the Child Support Act 1991
12.1 Application for a liability order
£40
70p
12.2 Appeal under section 20
£130
£30
12.3 Appeal against deduction from earnings order
£80
£10
12.4 Complaint (or application), summons, warrant and commitment order
£90
Complaint and summons £10;
Warrant £10;
Commitment Order £40
13. Proceedings under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
13.1 On an application or request for permission under Part 1 of the Act
£140
£30 for equivalent application under Adoption Act 1976 save for applications under section 23 of that Act for which the fee was £20;
14. Proceedings under Schedule 6 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004
14.1 Application for an order for financial provision
£175
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15. Licences
15.1 Every licence, consent or authority not otherwise provided for
£8
£8
15.2 Application for the revocation of a licence not otherwise provided for
£30
£30
16. Oaths
16.1 Attestation of constable
£8
£8
16.2 Every oath, affirmation or solemn declaration not otherwise charged
£8
£8
17. Other civil proceedings
17.1 Complaint (or application)
£25
£3.50
17.2 Summons
£25
£3.50
17.3 Warrant
£25
£6.50
17.4 Order
£25
£16.50
18. Warrant of Entry
18.1 Application for a warrant of entry
£3
£2.25
Regulation 7(1)(b) of the Register of Fines Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3184) is amended so as to refer to this Order rather than Schedule 6 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (article 6).
An Initial Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order was placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and is available on the Department for Constitutional Affairs’s website at www.dca.gov.uk/consult/civilfam/civilfam.htm.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3444/note (the official version)
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