{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-appeal-court-fees-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/79",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Appeal Court Fees Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-appeal-court-fees-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision for the fees payable from 1 April 2026 in the Sheriff Appeal Court, to the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, any officer acting for the Clerk, or the auditor of the Sheriff Appeal Court.\nArticle 2 and schedules 1 and 2 specify fee levels payable in respect of certain matters—\nthe fee levels from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2007 are given effect by the Table of Fees in schedule 1,\nthe fee levels from 1 April 2027 onwards are given effect by the Table of Fees in schedule 2.\nArticle 2(3) provides that fees are not to be payable by the Crown in the enforcement of the criminal law or in the exercise of powers or the performance of duties arising out of or relating to that enforcement.\nArticle 2(4) provides that the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, any officer acting for the Clerk or the auditor of the Sheriff Appeal Court is not required to do any act in connection with the matter specified in relation to that fee without either prior payment of the fee or entering into an arrangement for payment of the fee.\nArticles 3 and 4 exempt certain persons from payment of fees.\nArticle 5 exempts appeal proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 and the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 from payment of fees.\nArticle 6 exempts appeals as regards applications for certain interdicts and orders.\nArticle 7 revokes the Sheriff Appeal Court Fees Order 2024, and an instrument which amended that Order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/79/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:20.903565+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."
}