Statutory Instruments
SCOTTISH LAND COURT
Made
26th 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(3)(h) of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Scottish Land Court Order 1989, and shall come into force on 1st September 1989
2. The Scottish Land Court is hereby specified as a Scottish Court for the purposes of section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th July 1989
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the Scottish Land Court as a Scottish Court for the purposes of section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895. In effect this transfers the power to set fees in the Scottish Land Court from the Land Court members to the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury.
1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by section 4 of the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).