The Court of Session Etc. Fees Amendment (No.3) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1892
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Court of Session Etc. Fees Amendment (No.3) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988.

Section 2

Article 4 of the Court of Session Etc. Fees Order 1984( ) shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:—

(2) No fees shall be payable by a debtor in connection with any proceedings under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987( ).

Section 3

In the table of fees in the Schedule to the Court of Session Etc. Fees Order 1984—

(1) Items B2 to B11 shall be renumbered B3 to B12;

(2) there shall be inserted immediately after item B1

(i) in Column I (Matters)—

(2) Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes an appearance in a cause or proceeding other than a consistorial cause.

(ii) in Column 2 (Fee payable)—

£45

(iii) in Column 3 (Fee formerly payable)—

£40

(3) The renumbered item B6 shall be amended as follows:—

(i) in Column 1 by deleting the words “cause or proceeding” and substituting the words “consistorial cause” , and

(ii) in Column 2 by deleting “ £45” and substituting “ £40” .