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The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/561 · Made 20 December 2005

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SUPREME COURT

Made 20th December 2005

Coming into operation 6th January 2006

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) and (4) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978f1, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 23

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment to the 1996 Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2006.

(2)

In this Order, the “1996 Order” means the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996f1.

2Amendment to the 1996 Order

In Article 5 of the 1996 Order—

(a)

in paragraph (b) omit “and”; and

(b)

for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

matrimonial proceedings; and

(d)

civil partnership proceedings.”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 12th December 2005

We concur,

Tom Watson

Joan Ryan

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 20th December 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Article 5 of the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 to provide that the provisions of that Order do not apply to civil partnership proceedings.