{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-order-2026/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-order-2026/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Court Fees Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-fees-order-2026",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Fees payable in sheriff courts",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and articles 4 to 14—\n(a) the fees payable in a sheriff court in respect of the matters specified in column 1 of the Table of Fees in schedule 1 (table of fees payable from 1 April 2026) are the fees specified in relation to those matters in column 2 of that table, and\n(b) the fees payable in a sheriff court in respect of the matters specified in column 1 of the Table of Fees in schedule 2 (table of fees payable from 1 April 2027) are the fees specified in relation to those matters in column 2 of that table.\n(2) The fees payable under this Order are to be paid to the sheriff clerk or the auditor of court.\n(3) The fees provided for by this Order are not 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.\n(4) No act is required of the sheriff clerk or the auditor of court in connection with a matter specified in relation to any fee prior to—\n(a) the payment of that fee, or\n(b) an arrangement being entered into for payment of that fee.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.4.2026, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "ceases to have effect",
      "affecting": "ssi/2026/74",
      "affecting_title": "The Sheriff Court Fees Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/74/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:24.690572+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."
}