Statutory Instruments
SCOTTISH LAND COURT
Made
27th July 1989
Laid before Parliament
11th August 1989
Coming into force
1st September 1989
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Scottish Land Court (Fees) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.
2.—(1) This Order shall regulate the fees payable in respect of proceedings before the Scottish Land Court.
(2) The fees regulated by this Order shall be payable to the Principal Clerk of the Scottish Land Court or any officer acting for him.
3. The fees payable in respect of the matters specified in column 1 of the table of fees in the Schedule to this Order shall be the fees specified in relation to those matters in column 2 of that table (the fees formerly payable being shown in column 3 of that table(2).
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th July 1989
We concur
David Lightbown
Kenneth Carlisle
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th July 1989
Article 3
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
---|---|---|
Matters | Fee payable | Fee formerly payable(3) |
£ | £ | |
(1) Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931, Crofters (Scotland) Acts 1955 and 1961(4) and Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976(5) | ||
(a)Application for a Record of a holding or a croft Principal application (each applicant) | 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 5.00 | 5.00 |
(b)Recording agreements for loan by— (i)the Department of agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and (ii)the Highlands and islands Development board Each agreement | 20.00 | 20.00 |
(c)Other applications
| 15.00 | 15.00 |
| 10.00 | 10.00 |
| 2.00 | 2.00 |
(d)Appeals and motions for rehearing | ||
| 20.00 | 20.00 |
| 2.00 | 2.00 |
(e)Hearing fee payable by applicant for each day or part thereof the Court sits or inspects | 25.00 | 25.00 |
(2) Sheep Stocks valuation (Scotland) Act 1937(6) Hill Farming Act 1946(7), Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948(8), Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949(9), Agriculture Act 1958(10), Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1968(11) and Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983(12) and agricultural Act 1986(13) | ||
(a)Valuation of sheep stocks | ||
| 5.00 | 5.00 |
| ||
| 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 2.00 | 2.00 |
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
(b)Determination of questions uner section 5 and 39(1)(b) of the Hill Farming Act 1946
| 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 10.00 | 10.00 |
(c)Arbitgations as to rents
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 7.50 | 7.50 |
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
(d)Appeals against award by an arbiter | ||
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 25.00 | 25.00 |
| ||
| 25.00 | 25.00 |
| 3.00 | 3.00 |
(e)Claims for compensation | ||
| 10.00 | 10.00 |
| ||
| 10.00 | 10.00 |
| 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
(f)Other applications | ||
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 20.00 | 20.00 |
(g)Appeals and motions for rehearsing Each appellant, or motioner for rehearing | 25.00 | 25.00 |
(h)Hearings For every day the Court sits or part thereof—payable by the applicant | 40.00 | 40.00 |
(i)Additional fee Where the application is dismissed or withdrawn after the hearing order has been received by each party—payable by the applicant | 50.00 | 50.00 |
(3) Miscellaneous | ||
(a)For making a copy or copies of the principal application or any part of it, or any order in it, or any original deed, writ, or document in process | ||
| 0.80 | 0.80 |
| 5.00 | 5.00 |
(b)Applications not otherwise specified | ||
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 20.00 | 20.00 |
(c)Hearings | ||
| 40.00 | 40.00 |
(d)Additional fee | ||
| 50.00 | 50.00 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes the fees payable in respect of applications to the Scottish Land Court following its designation as a Scottish Court for the purposes of section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895.
The fees prescribed in this Order replace those currently payable in terms of the Scottish Land Court Rules 1979 the relevant provisions of which are revoked by the Scottish Land Court Amendment Rules 1989. There is no uprating of the fees currently payable.
1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by section 4 of the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).
Fees formerly payable under the Scottish Land Court Rules 1979, S.I. 1979/379 as amended by S.I. 1988/1933, the relevant provisions of which are revoked by S.I. 1989/1367.
This column shows the fees formerly payable under the Scottish Land Court Rules 1979, S.I. 1979/379 as amended by S.I. 1988/1933.
1955 c. 21 and 1961 c. 58.