Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895 (c. 14)

Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895

1895 CHAPTER 14 58 and 59 Vict

An Act to provide for the Regulation of Fees payable in the Courts of Law in Scotland.

[30th May 1895]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act extended by Foreign Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (c. 13), s. 12(b)

1 Short title and extent. S

This Act may be cited as the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895, and shall apply to Scotland only.

F1 2 Power of Secretary of State to regulate court fees. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 2 repealed (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), Sch. 5 para. 26; S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch. (with art. 7)

3 Taxation of accounts in Court of Justiciary. S

All accounts of expenses found due in the High Court of Justiciary, or in any inferior Court whose judgment has been brought under the review of the High Court of Justiciary, by suspension or appeal, or otherwise, unless the amount of the expenses found due shall have been determined or modified by the said High Court, shall be remitted to the auditor of the Court of Session to be examined and taxed in like manner, and subject to the same regulations, as accounts of expenses in actions in the Court of Session.

4 Power to regulate fees to keepers of London and Edinburgh Gazettes for certain notices. S

It shall be lawful for the Treasury, by warrant under their hands, to regulate, alter, and amend the table of fees payable to the keepers of the London Gazette, and of the Edinburgh Gazette, for notices under the M1 Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1856 F2 . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

Marginal Citations

M1 1856 c. 79.

5 Repeal. S

All Acts of Parliament or Acts of Sederunt, in so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.