Supreme Court

16Provision as to fixing of fees to be taken in Supreme Court

Any enactment authorising the making of rules of court for imposing or fixing the amount of any fees to be taken in connection with proceedings in the Supreme Court shall cease to have effect, and provision for imposing or fixing the amount of the fees to which any such enactment relates may be made by means of orders under section twenty-six of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1875 :

Provided that nothing in this section shall—

(1)apply to the fees to be taken in connection with non-contentious probate business; or

(2)affect the validity of any such rule of court made before the commencement of this Act, and any such rule shall have effect as if it were an order made under the said section twenty-six.