The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/938
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 25th April 2000.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “the 1999 Fees Order ” means the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1999 ;

(b) an article referred to by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in the 1999 Fees Order; and

(c) a fee or column referred to by number means the fee or column so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Fees Order.

Section 2 Transitional provisions

The transitional provisions in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.

Section 3 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

After fee 4.3 in columns 1 and 2 there shall be added the following new fee 4.4—

(4.4) On an application on notice for ancillary relief, or on filing a notice of intention to proceed with an application for ancillary relief other than an application for an order by consent

Section 4 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

For columns 1 and 2 in fee 7 there shall be substituted—

(7.1) On a request for a copy of a document (other than where fee 7.2 applies):

(a) for the first page (except the first page of a subsequent copy of the same document supplied at the same time)

(b) per page in any other case

Fee 7.1 shall be payable for a faxed copy or for examining a plain copy and marking it as an examined copy.

Fee 7.1 shall be payable whether or not the copy is issued as an office copy.

(7.2) On a request for a copy of a document required in connection with proceedings and supplied by the party making the request at the time of copying, for each page

(7.3) On a request for a copy of a document on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy

Section 5 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

For columns 1 and 2 in fees 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 there shall be substituted—

(8.1) On the filing of a request for detailed assessment where the party filing the request is legally aided or is funded by the LSC and no other party is ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings

(8.2) On the filing of a request for a detailed assessment hearing in any case where fee 8.1 does not apply; or on the filing of a request for a hearing date for the assessment of costs payable to a solicitor by his client pursuant to an order under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974

(8.3) On a request for the issue of a default costs certificate

(8.4) On an appeal against a decision made in detailed assessement proceedings or on a request or an application to set aside a default costs certificate

(8.5) On applying for the court’s approval of a certificate of costs payable from the Community Legal Service Fund