Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 2018 and comes into force on 28th September 2018.

Amendment of the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2018

2.-(1) The Sheriff Court Fees Order 2018(2) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit article 5(2) (matters included in certain fees).

(3) After article 9 (exemption of certain persons from fees: social security) insert-

"Cases where articles 8 and 9 do not apply

9A.  Articles 8 and 9 do not apply as regards-

(a)the fees specified in paragraphs 1 to 4 (commissary proceedings) of the Table of Fees in Part 1 of schedule 1, 2 or 3; or

(b)the fee specified in paragraph 18 (sheriff court proceedings: petition for removal of disqualification) of the Table of Fees in Part 1 of schedule 1, 2 or 3.".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2018 which makes provision for the fees payable in the sheriff court, to the sheriff clerk or the auditor of court (as appropriate).

Article 2(2) revokes a redundant provision of that Order.

Article 2(3) provides that the fees exemptions in articles 8 and 9 of that Order (concerned with legal aid and social security respectively) do not apply in certain cases, as was previously provided for by article 8(2) of the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/264).