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| Made | 7th May 2003 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st June 2003 |
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
Citation and commencement
1. - (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 4) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2003 and shall come into force on 1st June 2003.
(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.
Increase in fees of shorthand writers
2. - (1) The Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session[2] shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph.
(2) In Chapter IV (transcripts of evidence etc.) -
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(i) in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £29.76 and £115.25 there shall be substituted the amounts of £30.53 and £122.09 respectively; and
(ii) in paragraph 2 (notes of evidence: extension by shorthand writer or transcriber), for the amounts £4.87, £5.96 and £0.40 there shall be substituted the amounts of £5.00, £6.12 and £0.41 respectively.
Saving
3.
Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred before 1st June 2003.
W. Douglas Cullen
Lord President, I.P.D.
Edinburgh
7th May 2003
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
This Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Court of Session by about 2.6%. The last increase was effected by the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 4) (Fees of Solicitors, Shorthand Writers and Witnesses) 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/301).
This Act of Sederunt does not apply to fees chargeable for work done before it comes into force.
Notes:
[1] 1988 c.36. Section 5 was amended by section 2(3) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.32) and by paragraph 45 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36).back
[2] S.I. 1994/1443. Fees of shorthand writers were last increased by S.S.I. 2002/301.back
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