The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the County Court Fees Order 1982 so as to—

(1) remove exemption from payment of court fees from those in receipt of income support who are also in receipt of civil legal aid (article 2);

(2) set a flat fee of £65 on non-money claims, irrespective of whether such a claim is linked to a money claim (articles 3, 5 and 6);

(3) replace the 10p per £ plaint fee scale with fee bands (articles 5 and 6);

(4) replace the 15p per £ fee scale on issue of warrants of execution with fee bands, with lower fees for users of the County Court Bulk Centre (article 7);

(5) replace the scale of fees payable on issue of warrants of delivery and possession with a flat fee of £80, with no additional fee for a money claim (article 8);

(6) abolish the additional fee payable for a warrant of delivery or possession where the recovery of a sum of money is also sought (article 9);

(7) replace the fee of 10p per £ payable on issue of an attachment of earnings application with a flat fee of £50 (article 10);

(8) increase the fee payable on dividends (Fee No. 4.(viii)) from 5p to 10p. This fee change will not affect existing orders, on which dividends will be subject t the old fee. If an existing order is amended (for example to include another debt or change the instalment order) then the new fee will be applied to the amounts paid into court after the date of the amendment (articles 4, 9 and 10);

(9)  increase the fee for copies of documents to £1 per page (article 11);

(10) increase the fee on issue of a debtor’s petition in bankruptcy (fee 9.(i)(a)) from £20 to £25 (article 12);

(11) increase the fee on issue of a creditor’s petition in bankruptcy (fee 9.(i)(b)) from £50 to £55 (article 12);

(12) increase the fee on issue of any other petition under the Companies Act 1985 (1985 c. 6) or Insolvency Act 1986 (1986 c. 45) (fee 9.(ii)) from £50 to £55 (article 12);

(13) increase the fee on the hearing of an application under the Companies Act 1985 or Insolvency Act 1986 before a district judge (fee 9.(iii)(a)) from £15 to £20 (article 12);

(14) abolish the fee payable on the hearing of a public examination (article 13).