Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2008 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st August 2008.

(2) Article 2(b) and Schedule 2 shall come into force, and article 2(a) and Schedule 1 shall cease to have effect, on 1st April 2010.

Amendment of the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984

2.  The Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984(1) shall be substituted by–

(a)the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to this Order on 1st August 2008; and

(b)the Table of Fees in Schedule 2 to this Order on 1st April 2010.

KENNY MACASKILL

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th June 2008