Citation and commencement1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st May 2008.
(2)
In this Order—
(a)
“CCBC” means County Court Bulk Centre;
(b)
“the CPR” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 M1;
(c)
“LSC” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 M2;
(d)
expressions also used in the CPR have the same meaning as in those Rules.
Fees payable2.
The fees set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 are payable in the Supreme Court and in county courts in respect of the items described in column 1 in accordance with and subject to the directions specified in that column.
3.
No fee is payable in respect of—
(a)
non-contentious probate business;
(b)
the enrolment of documents;
(c)
criminal proceedings (except proceedings on the Crown side of the Queen's Bench Division to which the fees in Schedule 1 are applicable);
(d)
proceedings by sheriffs, under-sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs or other officers of the sheriff; or
(e)
family proceedings in the High Court or in a county court.
4.
Where by any convention entered into by Her Majesty with any foreign power it is provided that no fee is required to be paid in respect of any proceedings, the fees specified in this Order are not payable in respect of those proceedings.
Remissions and part remissions5.
Schedule 2 applies for the purpose of ascertaining whether a party is entitled to a remission or part remission of a fee prescribed by this Order.
Revocations6.
The instruments listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 (which have the references listed in column 2) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
We consent,