The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1409
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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

Section 2 Amendment of the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008

The Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 is amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008

For Schedule 1 (which specifies the fees to be taken in magistrates’ courts), substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 4 Transitional provisions: proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act

(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 8.2 in the Magistrates’ Courts 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.