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COUNTY COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
16th March 2000
Laid before Parliament
4th April 2000
Coming into force
for the purposes of articles 3, 4 7(a), 8 and 9
2nd May 2000
for all other purposes
25th April 2000
1. 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.
2. In this Order-
(a)"the 1999 Fees Order" means the County Court Fees Order 1999(3);
(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.
3. In relation to appeals to which rule 39 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000(4) 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.
4. In article 2, after paragraph (g) there shall be added the following new paragraph (h)-
"(h)"GLO" means Group Litigation Order."
5. 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".
6. 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".
7. 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."; and
(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.".
8. For columns 1 and 2 in fee 2.3 there shall be substituted-
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Number and description of fee | Amount of fee |
2.3-(a) Where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted by the lower court-
on filing a notice of appeal against an order under Part 27 of the CPR (the small claims track) | £100 |
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)-
| £150 |
| Where fee 2.3(b) has been paid and permission to appeal (or extension of time) is not granted, £100 shall be refunded to the party who paid fee 2.3(b). | |
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. |
9. 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 shall not be payable when an application is made in an appeal notice or is filed at the same time as an appeal notice."
10. In column 2 in fee 3.2 for "£120" there shall be substituted "£150".
11. For columns 1 and 2 in fee 6 there shall be substituted-
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Number and description of fee | Amount of fee |
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) | £1 |
(b)per page in any other case | 20p |
| Fee 6.1 shall be payable for a faxed copy or for examining a plain copy and marking it as an examined copy. | |
| Fee 6.1 shall be payable whether or not the copy is issued as an office copy. | |
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 | 20p |
6.3 On a request for a copy of a document on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy | £3 |
12. 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"
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 14th March 2000.
We concur,
Greg Pope
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
Dated 16th March 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the County Court Fees Order 1999 as follows:
fee 2.1 (allocation fee) for money claims not exceeding £1,000 is no longer payable;
fees 2.1 and 2.2 (allocation fee and listing fee) are no longer payable when a Group Litigation Order is made;
fee 2.3 (appeals) is restructured to take account of the new rules on appeals contained in the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000;
fee 3.2 (detailed assessment hearing) is increased from £120 to £150;
fee 6 (copy documents) is reduced so that the fee is £1 for the first page (unless supplied at the time of copying) of the first document and 20p per page for other pages (the old fee was £1 per page for the first five pages and 25p for subsequent pages); and
a new fee for a request for cancellation for entry in the Register of County Court Judgments is introduced (fee 7.1).
In addition the fees for commencing proceedings to recover a sum of money (fees 1.1 and 1.2) are increased as follows:
| Number of fee | Amount of old fee | Amount of new fee |
|---|---|---|
Fee 1.1 & 1.2. Money claim (a)not exceeding £200 | £20 (£15 CPC) | £27 (£20 CPC) |
(b)exceeds £200 but not £300 | £30 (£25 CPC) | £38 (£31 CPC) |
(c)exceeds £300 but not £400 | £40 (£35 CPC) | £50 (£43 CPC) |
(d)exceeds £400 but not £500 | £50 (£45 CPC) | £60 (£53 CPC) |
(e)exceeds £500 but not £1,000 | £70 (£65 CPC) | £80 (£73 CPC) |
(f)exceeds £1,000 but not £5,000 | £100 (£95 CPC) | £115 (£108 CPC) |
(g)exceeds £5,000 but not £15,000 | £200 (£195 CPC) | £230 (£223 CPC) |
(h)exceeds £15,000 but not £50,000 | £300 (£295 CPC) | £350 (£343 CPC) |
(i)exceeds £50,000 or not limited | £400 (£395 CPC) | £500 (£493 CPC) |