81AFees for administering oaths and taking affidavits.

1

The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, by order prescribe the fees to be charged by—

a

commissioners for oaths ; and

b

solicitors exercising the powers of commissioners for oaths by virtue of section 81,

in respect of the administration of an oath or the taking of an affidavit.

2

Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

3

In this section " affidavit" has the same meaning as in the [1889 c. 10.] Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889.