The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1407
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008

The Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 is amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008

For Schedule 1 (which specifies the fees to be taken in family proceedings), substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 4 Divorce or dissolution of civil partnership

(1) This article applies where on or before 30th June 2013 an application was presented for a matrimonial or civil partnership order, other than an application to which rule 7.7(1)(b) of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 applies.

(2) The fee on an application to make a decree nisi absolute or a conditional order final is £45.

(3) Where the application to make a decree nisi or absolute or a conditional order final is made on or after 6th April 2015, paragraph (2) does not apply and the fee for the application is £50.

Section 5 Proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act 1989

(1) Paragraph (2) applies where on or before 30th June 2013 an application was made in relation to proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 .

(2) Where an issues resolution hearing or a pre-hearing review has been listed on or after 1st July 2013—

(a) the fee is £795, and

(b) the notes in respect of fee 2.2 in the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 applicable to an issues resolution hearing or a pre-hearing review and in respect of a refund where a final order is made at a case management conference prior to the coming into force of this Order continue to have effect.

Section 6 Request for detailed assessment

(1) Paragraph (2) applies where on or before 30th June 2013 a request is filed for detailed assessment where the party filing the request was legally aided, funded by the Legal Services Commission or a person for whom civil legal services have been made available under arrangements made by the Lord Chancellor under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and no other party is ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.

(2) Where there is an application for the court’s approval of a certificate of costs payable from the Community Legal Service Fund or by the Lord Chancellor under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on or after 1st July 2013—

(a) the fee is £50, and

(b) the note in respect of fee 8.5 of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 prior to the coming into force of this Order continues to have effect.