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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-order-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/102",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Court Fees",
  "text": "A. In proceedings to which Part VI of the Order applies\nFee\nDebt Proceedings\n1 Process (ordinary, enforcement or committal)\n£8·00\n2 Set-off, counterclaim, decree (including an order made on application under Part VIII of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) or dismiss\n£8·00\nEjectment Proceedings\n3 Process (including proceedings where a claim for rent or sum due under Article 69 of the Order is joined with a claim for possession)\n£8·00\n4 Decree or dismiss\n£8·00\nDuplicate Orders and Extracts from Register\n5 Notice for duplicate orders\n£8·00\n6 Duplicate order\n£8·00\n7 Certified extract from register\n£8·00\nB. In proceedings to which Part VII of the Order applies\n8 Notice of application or notice of appeal to a magistrates' court\n£12·00\nC. Appeals and case stated\n9 Copy notice of appeal lodged with clerk of petty sessions for each complaint, application, appeal or process (except where appellant in prison), subject to a maximum fee of £40\n£8·00\n10 Written application for case stated\n£8·00\n11 Case stated\n£20·00\nD. Notices of application under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990\n12 (a) Application for renewal\n£70·00\n(b) Application for protection order under Article 28\n£30·00\n(c) Application for temporary continuance of business in other premises under Article 31\n£30·00\n(d) Application for transfer\n£70·00\n(e) Application for transfer and renewal\n£140·00\n(f) Application for Article 34 Order\n£70·00\n(g) Application for Article 49 Order\n£70·00\n(h) Application for Article 50 Order\n£75·00 plus £2 for each occasion in respect of which the additional permitted hours are sought\n(i) Additional fee for application out of time unde Article 17 for each month or part of a month\n£50·00\n(j) Application for the grant of an occasional licence for first day plus £10 for each additional day\n£30·00\n(k) Application for the grant of an extension licence\n£30·00\n13 (a) For each inspection of the register of licences as provided for under Article 40\n£10·00\n(b) For each copy of all or any part of any entry taken from the register of licences as provided for under Article 40 — in respect of each licensed premises\n£10·00\n14 A duplicate licence, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of licences, issued under Article 43(2)\n£60·00\nE. Applications under the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985\nBookmakers' Licences and Bookmaking Office Licences\n15 A notice of application for the grant of a bookmaker’s licence under Article 8(1)\n£110·00\n16 A notice of application for the grant of a bookmaking office licence under Article 12(1)\n£110·00\n17 A notice of application for the provisional grant of a bookmaking office licence under Article 14(1)\n£110·00\n18 A notice of application to have provisional grant of a bookmaking office licence declared final under Article 14(7)\n£40·00\n19 A notice of application for renewal of a bookmaker’s licence under Article 16(1)\n£75·00\n20 A notice of application for renewal out of time of a bookmaker’s licence under Article 20(1)\n£130·00\n21 A notice of application for renewal of a bookmaking office licence under Article 18(1)\n£75·00\n22 A notice of application for renewal out of time of a bookmaking office licence under Article 20(1)\n£130·00\n23 A notice of application for transfer of a bookmaking office licence under Article 23(1)\n£75·00\n24 A notice of application for concurrent transfer and renewal of a bookmaking office licence under Article 24(1)\n£150·00\n25 A notice of application for revocation of a bookmaker’s licence under Article 27(1)\n£75·00\n26 A notice of application for revocation of a bookmaking office licence under Article 28(1)\n£75·00\nBingo Club Licences\n27 A notice of application for the grant of a bingo club licence under Article 63(1)\n£75·00\n28 A notice of application for the provisional grant of a bingo club licence under Article 65(1)\n£75·00\n29 A notice of application for the renewal of a bingo club licence under Article 67(1)\n£75·00\n30 A notice of application for the renewal out of time of a bingo club licence under Article 69(1)\n£130·00\n31 Bingo club grant declared final\n£40·00\nGaming Machine Certificates and Permits\n32 A notice of application for the grant of a gaming machine certificate under Article 85(1)\n£75·00\n33 A notice of application for the renewal of a gaming machine certificate under Article 87(1)\n£75·00\n34 A notice of application for the renewal of a gaming machine certificate out of time under Article 89(1)\n£130·00\n35 A notice of application for the grant of a gaming machine permit under Article 85(3)\n£75·00\nRegistration of Clubs\n36 A notice of application for the registration of a club under Article 96(1)\n£75·00\n37 A notice of application for the renewal of registration of a club under Article 98(1)\n£75·00\n38 A notice of application for the renewal of registration of a club out of time under Article 100(1)\n£130·00\nLottery Certificates\n39 A notice of application for the grant of a lottery certificate under Article 142(1)\n£100·00\n40 A notice of application for renewal of a lottery certificate under Article 144(1)\n£75·00\n41 A notice of application for renewal out of time of a lottery certificate under Article 146(1)\n£130·00\n42 A notice of application for revocation of a lottery certificate under Article 149(1)\n£75·00\nSupplementary\n43 For each inspection and for each copy of all or any part of any entry taken from the register of licences, certificates and permits kept under Article 174(1)\n£10·00\n44 For each inspection and for each copy of all or any part of any entry taken from the register of clubs kept under Article 175(1)\n£10·00\n45 A duplicate of any licence, certificate or permit referred to in Article 179(1) being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register kept under Article 174(1) or 175(1), as the case may be, and issued under Article 179(2)\n£60·00\nF. Applications under the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987\n46 On every application for the renewal of registration of a club under Article 8\n£75·00\n47 For each inspection of the register and the statements of expenditure of each club as provided for under Article 15\n£10·00\n48 A duplicate certificate of registration, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of clubs, issued under Article 18(2)\n£60·00\nG. Miscellaneous\n49 A certificate of conviction or order\n£10·00\n50 A certificate authorising the grant of game dealer’s licence\n£10·00\n51 A notice of application for a licence under Section 1 of the General Dealers (Ireland) Act 1903\n£10·00\n52 A notice of application to a magistrates' court (other than an application under Article 91(3) or (4) of the Order) not otherwise provided for\n£10·00\nH. Applications under the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991\n53 A notice of application for a declaration of parentage under Article 28\n£30·00\n54 A summons on an application for a liability order under Article 33(2)\n£12·00\n55 A summons or warrant under Regulation 29 of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992\n£12·00",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in operation at 1.4.1996, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "inserted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
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      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
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      "type": "sum substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/179",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2017/14",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2007/379",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2023/170",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/410",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2018/101",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2026/37",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/343",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/527",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/527",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 1",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/339",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2019/179",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/102/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:06.738762+00:00"
  },
  "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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