Statutory Instruments
COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
8th June 2000
Laid before Parliament
9th June 2000
Coming into force
3rd July 2000
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 128 of the County Courts Act 1984(1), with the concurrence of the Treasury under section 128(1) of the County Courts Act 1984, makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the County Court Fees (Amendment No. 3) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
2. In this Order-
(a)"the 1999 Fees Order" means the County Court Fees Order 1999(2);
(b)a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Fees Order.
3. In column 1 in fee 1.6(b), after the word "client" there shall be added the words "; or on the commencement of costs-only proceedings".
4. In column 1 in fee 2.6, after the word "oath" there shall be added the words "or an order for evidence to be taken by deposition".
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 25th May 2000
We concur,
Greg Pope
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
Dated 8th June 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the County Court Fees Order 1999 by specifying a fee for commencement of costs-only proceedings. Costs-only proceedings are permitted by rule 44.12A of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 which is inserted into the Civil Procedure Rules by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2000.
In addition fee 2.6 (witness summons) is extended to cover applications for deposition orders.