The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1999 as follows:

• a new fee of £80 for applications for ancillary relief is introduced as fee 4.4 (previously a fee of £60 payable on applications on notice generally applied to applications for ancillary relief);

• fee 7 (copy documents) is reduced so that the fee is £1 for the first page (unless supplied at the time of copying) and 20p per page for other pages (the old fee was £1 per page for the first five pages and 25p for subsequent pages);

• the fee for a detailed assessment hearing is increased from £80 to £130 and is the new fee 8.2;

• a new fee of £40 for a request for the issue of a default costs certificate is introduced as the new fee 8.3; and

• a new fee of £50 is introduced for a request or application to set aside a default costs certificate as part of the new fee 8.4.