2.—(1) The Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) (No. 2) 2002(1) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In paragraph 2 (fees of sheriff officers), for “causes in, or work authorised by the sheriff court” substitute “proceedings in, or work authorised by, the sheriff court or Sheriff Appeal Court”.
(3) In schedule 1 (general regulations)—
(a)in paragraph 1, omit “in relation to an ordinary cause or a summary cause, as the case may be,”;
(b)in paragraph 1A(2)—
(i)the word “and” following sub-paragraph (a) is omitted; and
(ii)after sub-paragraph (b), insert—
“; and
(c)a simple procedure case in which—
(i)the value of a claim for payment of a sum of money when proceedings are commenced is £1,500 or less (exclusive of interest and expenses); or
(ii)there is no claim for payment of a sum of money.”;
(c)for paragraph 1C, substitute—
“1C. Column B of the Table of Fees specifies the fees payable in relation to—
(a)proceedings in the sheriff court not falling within paragraph 1A; and
(b)proceedings in the Sheriff Appeal Court.”; and
(d)in paragraph 17, after the definition of “service” insert—
““simple procedure case” has the meaning given by section 72(9) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.”.
S.S.I. 2002/567, last amended by S.S.I. 2016/100.
Paragraphs 1A to 1C were inserted by S.S.I. 2007/550.