STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2003 No. 647 (L. 14)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Supreme Court (Review of Taxation in Criminal Cases) Fees (Amendment) Order 2003
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Made |
7th March 2003 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
11th March 2003 | |
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Coming into force |
1st April 2003 | |
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 130 of the Supreme Court Act 1981[1] and section 128 of the Finance Act 1990[2], with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Family Division, the Vice-Chancellor and the Treasury under section 130(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.
This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court (Review of Taxation in Criminal Cases) Fees (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
Amendments to the Supreme Court (Review of Taxation in Criminal Cases) Fees Order 1984
2.
- (1) The Supreme Court (Review of Taxation in Criminal Cases) Fees Order 1984[3] shall be amended as set out in this article.
(2) For article 2, substitute -
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2.
In this Order "costs judge" means a Taxing Master of the Supreme Court".
(3) In the Schedule -
(a) in column 1 -
(i) for "Taxing Master", wherever it occurs, substitute "costs judge";
(ii) for "regulation 4 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (Central Funds) (Appeals) Regulations 1977", substitute "regulation 10 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986[4]"; and
(iii) for "regulation 11 of the Legal Aid and Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1982", substitute "regulation 15 of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989[5]"; and
(b) in column 2 for "£25", wherever it occurs, substitute "£100".
Irvine of Lairg,
C.
3rd March 2003
We concur
Lord Woolf of Barnes
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss,
DBE
Sir Andrew Morritt
Dated
We concur
John Fitzpatrick
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
7th March 2003
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
The fees payable under this Order have been increased as indicated. The fee definitions have been updated to refer to the legislation currently in force.
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Brief description of new fee
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Old Fee No.
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Curr Fee £
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New Fee £
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1.
On instituting an appeal to the costs judge under regulation 10 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
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25 |
100 |
2.
On making an application for further review by a costs judge under rule 16 of the Crown Court Rules 1982
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2 |
25 |
100 |
3.
On instituting an appeal to the costs judge under regulation 15 of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989
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3 |
25 |
100 |
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order (and other Orders relating to court fees) was placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and is available on the Court Service's website at www.courtservice.gov.uk/using_courts/fees.
Notes:
[1]
1981 c. 54.back
[2]
1990 c. 29.back
[3]
S.I. 1984/340.back
[4]
S.I. 1986/1335.back
[5]
S.I. 1989/343. Regulation 15 was amended by S.I. 1999/2124.back
ISBN
0 11 045264 X
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