(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984 (“the 1984 Order”).
Article 3 substitutes a new article 2 in the 1984 Order which restates that the fees payable to the Principal Clerk or any officer acting on behalf of the Principal Clerk in respect of the matters specified in column 1 of the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to the 1984 Order, are the fees specified in relation to those matters in column 2 of the table. Further, it adds a new provision that the Principal Clerk or any officer acting for the Principal Clerk is not obliged to carry out any act which relates to payment of a fee without either, prior payment of the fee, or entering into an arrangement for payment for the fee.
Article 4 and Schedules 1 to 3 specify new fee levels payable to the Principal Clerk or any officer acting for the Principal Clerk in respect of certain matters in relation to proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary.
The fee levels for the period from 10th December 2012 until 31st March 2013 are given effect by substituting the table of fees in the 1984 Order with the table in Schedule 1.
The fee levels for the period from 1st April 2013 until 31st March 2014 are given effect by substituting the table of fees in Schedule 1 with the table in Schedule 2.
The fee levels from 1st April 2014 onwards are given effect by substituting the table of fees in Schedule 2 with the table in Schedule 3.