The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/2628
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 30th October 1995.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order an article referred to by number means the article so numbered in the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 and “the Schedule” means the Schedule to that Order.

Section 3 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

For article 3 there shall be substituted the following:—

(3) No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise become payable,

(a) is in receipt of legal advice and assistance under Part III of the Legal Aid Act 1988 in connection with the matter to which the proceedings relate, or

(b) is in receipt of income support or family credit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and is not in receipt of representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988 for the purposes of the proceedings, or

(c) is not a beneficiary of a trust fund in court of a value of more than £50,000 and is—

(i) under the age of eighteen, or

(ii) a person for whose financial relief an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is in force or is being applied for.

Section 4 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

The amounts of the fees shown in the Schedule listed in the Table below shall be varied as shown in that Table.

TABLE

Section 5 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

For Fee No. 8 in the Schedule there shall be substituted the following:—

Copies of documents

(8) For a copy of any document, or for examining a plain copy and marking it as an office copy, per page

Section 6 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

For Fee No. 12(a) in the Schedule there shall be substituted the following—

(a) by the issue of a warrant of execution against goods, other than a warrant to enforce payment of a court fee or to enforce an order for payment of a fine