Schedule 1 Fees to be takenF1
England and Wales
Column 1 Number and description of fee | Column 2 Amount of fee |
|---|---|
| 1 Attendance | |
| 1.1 On an application which requires a justice of the peace to perform a function away from the court premises. | F2£30 |
| Note: Fee 1.1 is payable in addition to other payable fees. | |
| 2 Appeals | |
| 2.1 On an application to state a case for the opinion of the High Court under section 111(1) of the Magistrates Court Act 1980. | £160 |
| Note: where fee 2.1 is payable, no further fee is payable in respect of the preparation of a draft case by the F3justices' legal adviser, providing copies, taking recognizance as required by section 114 of that Act and enlargement and renewal of such recognizance. | |
| 2.2 On commencing an appeal against a deduction from earnings order under the Child Support Act 1991— | £23 |
2.3 Proceedings under Schedule 5 to the Licensing Act 2003— on commencing an appeal under paragraph 1, 2(2), 3(2)(a), 4(2), 7(2), 8(2)(b), 8A(2)(b), 10, 11(2), 12(2), 13(2)(b), 14, 16(2), 17(1) and (4) or 18(2)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Licensing Act 2003. | £72 |
| 2.4 On commencing an appeal where no other fee is specified. | £72 |
| 3 Certificates and Certified Documents | |
| F4. . . | . . . |
| 3.2 Register of judgments, orders and fines kept under section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 on a request for a certificate of satisfaction. | F5£19 |
| 3.3 On a request for a certified copy of a memorandum of conviction. | £15 |
| 3.4 On a request for a certificate or certified document where no other fee is specified. | £24 |
| Note: Fee 3.4 includes any copy of a document certified by the court as a genuine copy of the original document. | |
| 4 Liability Orders | |
| 4.1 Proceedings under the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 or the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 on an application for a liability order. | F650p |
| Note: Fee 4.1 is payable in respect of each defendant against whom the liability order is sought. | |
| 4.2 Proceedings under the Child Support Act 1991 on an application for a liability order. | £14 |
| Note: Fee 4.2 is payable in respect of each liability order applied for. | |
| 5 Copy Documents | |
| 5.1 On a request for a copy document (other than where fee 5.2 applies)— | |
| (a) of ten pages or less; and | £14 |
| (b) for each subsequent page. | 50p |
Note: The circumstances where the fee under 5.1 is payable includes—
| |
| 5.2 On a request for a copy of a document on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy. | £14 |
| 6 Licences | |
| 6.1 On a request for a licence, consent or authority where no other fee is specified. | £32 |
| 6.2 On an application for the renewal or variation of an existing licence. | £32 |
| 6.3 On an application for the revocation of a licence where no other fee is specified. | £32 |
| 7 Oaths | |
| 7.1 On taking the attestation of a constable or special constable under the Police Act 1996. | £13 |
| Note: Fee 7.1 is payable for every attestation made by every constable or special constable at or away from court premises. | |
7.2 For every oath, affirmation, solemn declaration or statutory declaration where no other fee is specified. Note: No fee is payable for the swearing in of witnesses or in any case where an enactment directs that no fee will be taken. | £32 |
| 8 Other civil proceedings | |
| 8.1 On commencing proceedings where no other fee is specified and where leave or permission is not required. | £292 |
| F78.2 On commencing proceedings where leave or permission is required— | |
| (a) on an application for leave or permission to commence proceedings where no other fee is specified; and | £146 |
| (b) on commencing proceedings where leave or permission has been granted following payment of fee 8.2(a). | £146 |
| 8.3 For a hearing at which the proceedings are contested. | £661 |
| Note: Fee 8.3-— | |
| -applies only in hearings to proceedings to which fee 8.1 or 8.2 apply; | |
| -is payable by the party who commenced the proceedings; | |
| -is payable on the day that the hearing commences; and | |
| -is payable only once in the same proceedings. | |
| 9 Warrants | |
| 9.1 On an application for a warrant of entry. | £27 |
| 9.2 On an application for any other warrant where no other fee is specified. | £94 |
| Note: Fee 9.2 includes an application for a warrant made during a hearing. No fee is payable if the court issues a warrant of its own initiative. | |
| 10 Commitment | |
| 10.1 On an application for a warrant for commitment made in proceedings under the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 or the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 | £215 |
| 10.2 On an application for a warrant for commitment made in proceedings under the Child Support Act 1991 | £47 |
| Note: Fees 10.1 and 10.2 are not payable in respect of a warrant of arrest, which falls under fee 9.2. | |
| Note to all fees: Where proceedings are brought against the individual members of a partnership, any relevant fee is payable only once. | |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/875), art. 1, Sch.
- F2
Sums in Sch. 1 substituted (13.7.2026) by The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/642), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2026/665, arts. 1(2), 2)
- F3
Words in Sch. 1 substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 11 (with reg. 4)
- F4
Words in Sch. 1 omitted (8.4.2025) by virtue of The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/351), arts. 1(1), 5(a)
- F5
Sum in Sch. 1 substituted (8.4.2025) by The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/351), art. 1(1), Sch. 3
- F6
Sum in Sch. 1 substituted (8.4.2025) by The Civil Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/466), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(a)
- F7
Words in Sch. 1 substituted (25.7.2016) by The Civil Proceedings, First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and Employment Tribunals Fees (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/807), arts. 1, 2(3)