The Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/1879
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st September 2003.

Section 2 Amendment of the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules

The Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules shall be amended as follows—

(a) in rule 4(a) delete “six” and substitute “seven”;

(b) in rule 8(a) delete “£500” and substitute “£2,000”;

(c) in rule 44 delete “£500” and substitute “£2,000”;

(d) in rule 47 delete paragraph (3) and substitute—

(3)

(a) where the petition is a petition of appeal or a consent petition, the original and one copy shall be lodged;

(b) for all other petitions, the original and seven copies shall be lodged

(e) in rule 77—

(i) at the end of paragraph (1) add “and send copies to the other party”;

(ii) in paragraph (2), delete “4 clear days” and insert “14 days”, and at the end delete “and of the order and notice”;

(f) the Table of Fees set out in Schedule B shall be deleted and the table set out in the Schedule to this Order substituted therefor.

Section 3 Revocation

The Judicial Committee (Fees) Order 1996 is revoked.