Court of Session Act 1821

XXXI Fees may be diminished or abolished by the Court; and a Copy of the Order transmitted to the Secretary of State, to be laid before Parliament.

And be it enacted, That in case it shall at any Time appear that the Fees by which the said Fund is created, produce annually a Sum materially exceeding the Amount required, it shall be competent to the said Court to diminish the Amount of, or altogether to abolish any of the said Fees ; any thing in this or any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that if by any Diminution or Abolition the Fund shall become insufficient for the legal Demands upon it, the Said Court shall restore the said Fees in whole or in part, so as to keep the Fund as nearly as may be equal to the Burthens thereon: Provided further, that a Copy of every Order or Act of Sederunt to be made by the said Court, diminishing the Amount of the said Fees or Polishing any of the same, Or restoring such Fees, shall be transmitted ; by the President of the Court of Session to His Majesty's Secretary of the State for the Home Department, who shall cause a Copy of the same to be laid before each House of Parliament, at or immediately after the Commencement of the then next Session thereof; and upon the Expiration of Three Calendar Months after the First Day of such Session, but not sooner, every such Fee shall become diminished, or be abolished, or be restored, in the same Manner as if the same had been diminished or abolished, or restored, by Authority of Parliament.