Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces the Crown Office Fees Order 1994. It alters some of the fees to be taken in the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, as follows:

(1) For Letters Patent under the Great Seal:

(a)for Heralds, the fee is increased from £120 to £175;

(b)for Queen’s Counsel, there is no change;

(c)for Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charger, the fee is increased from £180 to £315;

(d)for Grant of Title of City, there is no change;

(e)for Grant of Title of Lord Mayor, there is no change;

(2) For Writ of Summons on the Determination of an abeyance of a Barony, the fee is increased from £120 to £150.