The County Court Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/939
• Sections: 12

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the County Court Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force for the purposes of articles 3, 4, 7(a), 8 and 9 of this Order on 2nd May 2000 and for all other purposes on 25th April 2000.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

(a) “the 1999 Fees Order ” means the County Court 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 3 Transitional provisions

In relation to appeals to which rule 39 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 applies (transitional provisions)—

(a) articles 8 and 9 of this Order shall have no effect; and

(b) the fees payable shall be those that applied immediately before 2nd May 2000.

Section 4 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In article 2, after paragraph (g) there shall be added the following new paragraph (h)—

(h) “ GLO ” means Group Litigation Order.

Section 5 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 2—

(a) in fee 1.1(a) for “£20” there shall be substituted “£27”;

(b) in fee 1.1(b) for “£30” there shall be substituted “£38”;

(c) in fee 1.1(c) for “£40” there shall be substituted “£50”;

(d) in fee 1.1(d) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£60”;

(e) in fee 1.1(e) for “£70” there shall be substituted “£80”;

(f) in fee 1.1(f) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£115”;

(g) in fee 1.1(g) for “£200” there shall be substituted “£230”;

(h) in fee 1.1(h) for “£300” there shall be substituted “£350”; and

(i) in fee 1.1(i) for “£400” there shall be substituted “£500”.

Section 6 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 2—

(a) in fee 1.2(a) for “£15” there shall be substituted “£20”;

(b) in fee 1.2(b) for “£25” there shall be substituted “£31”;

(c) in fee 1.2(c) for “£35” there shall be substituted “£43”;

(d) in fee 1.2(d) for “£45” there shall be substituted “£53”;

(e) in fee 1.2(e) for “£65” there shall be substituted “£73”;

(f) in fee 1.2(f) for “£95” there shall be substituted “£108”;

(g) in fee 1.2(g) for “£195” there shall be substituted “£223”;

(h) in fee 1.2(h) for “£295” there shall be substituted “£343”; and

(i) in fee 1.2(i) for “£395” there shall be substituted “£493”.

Section 7 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 1 in fee 2, in the notes under the heading “ Fees 2.1 and 2.2 Generally ”—

(a) after the note “Fees 2.1 and 2.2 shall be payable as appropriate where the court allocates a case to a track for a trial of the assessment of damages.” there shall be added the following note—

Fees 2.1 and 2.2 shall not be payable in relation to claims managed under a GLO after that GLO is made.

(b) after the note: “Fee 2.1 shall not be payable where the procedure in Part 8 of the CPR is used.” there shall be added the following note—

Fee 2.1 shall not be payable in proceedings where the only claim is a claim to recover a sum of money and the sum claimed does not exceed £1,000.

Section 8 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

For columns 1 and 2 in fee 2.3 there shall be substituted—

(2.3)

(a) Where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted by the lower court—

on filing an appellant’s notice, or,

on filing a respondent’s notice where the respondent is appealing or wishes to ask the appeal court to uphold the order of the lower court for reasons different from or additional to those given by the lower court; or

on filing a notice of appeal against an order under Part 27 of the CPR (the small claims track)

(2.3)

(b) Where in an appeal notice permission to appeal or an extension of time for appealing is applied for (or both are applied for)—

on filing an appellant’s notice, or,

where the respondent is appealing, on filing a respondent’s notice

Fees 2.3(a) and (b)

Fees 2.3(a) and (b) do not apply on appeals against a decision made in detailed assessment proceedings.

Section 9 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 1 in fee 2.5 after the note “Fee 2.5 shall not be payable on an application made under paragraph 8(3) of Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Act 1991.” there shall be added the following note—

Fees 2.4 and 2.5

Fees 2.4 and 2.5 shall not be payable when an application is made in an appeal notice or is filed at the same time as an appeal notice.

Section 10 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 2 in fee 3.2 for “£120” there shall be substituted “£150”.

Section 11 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

For columns 1 and 2 in fee 6 there shall be substituted—

(6.1) On a request for a copy of a document (other than where fee 6.2 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

(6.2) 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

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

Section 12 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

In column 1 in fee 7.1 after the word “satisfaction” there shall be added the words “or on a request for cancellation of the entry of a judgment in the Register where the judgment is satisfied in full within one month of the date of its entry”