{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-amendment-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-amendment-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Sheriff Court Fees Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”).\nThe Order amends article 7 of the 1997 Order (exemption of certain persons from fees) so as to update, for changes in the exemptions that are available.\nThe Order also specifies for proceedings in the sheriff court new fee levels in substitution for those applicable since the 1997 Order was last amended on 1st July 2002. The increases are on average approximately 15% which is approximately the cumulative rate in inflation over that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/318/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:12:42.303439+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."
}