Article 3

The Table of Fees set out in Part I of the Schedule to the Order of 1921 shall be amended as follows:—

(1)

In Fee No. 1 for the words “7s. 6d.” there shall be substituted the words “£2”.

(2)

After Fee No. 7 there shall be inserted the following fees:—

“ON WRITS OF POSSESSION OR DELIVERY

7A

For mileage from the sheriff's officer's residence to the place where the land or goods are situated and return, in respect of one journey made to execute a writ of possession or delivery, per mile 0.05”.

7B

For executing a writ of possession, poundage at the rate of 7½ per cent. of the net annual value for rating of the property seized:

Provided that where the property does not consist of one or more hereditaments having at the time of seizure a separate net annual value for rating, the property or such part of it as does not so consist shall be taken to have a net annual value for rating equal to its value by the year.

7C

For executing a writ of delivery, poundage at the rate of 4 per cent. of the value of the goods as stated in the writ of summons or judgment.”

(3)

For Fee No. 8 there shall be substituted the following fee:—

“8

For a copy of any return indorsed by the sheriff on a writ of execution £1.”