The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2672
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order:—

(a) an article referred to by number means the article so numbered in the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980 ;

(b) a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in the Schedule to that Order;

(c) a form referred to by number means the form so numbered in Appendix A to the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 .

Section 3 Amendments to the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980

Article 5 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for the words from “income support” to “1992” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”;

(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:—

(1A) The following are qualifying benefits for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) above: income support, family credit and disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , and income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 .

Section 4 Amendments to the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980

After Fee No. 4 there shall be inserted the following new fee:

(4A) On an application under the Arbitration Act 1996 whereby High Court Proceedings are originated

Section 5 Amendments to the Supreme Court Fees Order 1980

After Fee No. 5D there shall be inserted the following new fee:

(5DA) On any of the following applications under the Arbitration Act 1996:

(a) an application by consent before a judge

(b) an application by consent before a master or district judge, where an appointment is taken

(c) an application before a Judge where an appointment is taken, other than an application by consent or an ex parte application.