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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 92

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY

The Crown Office Fees Order 2003

  Made 14th January 2003 
  Coming into force 17th February 2003 

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 9 of the Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874[1], and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order: - 

     1. This Order may be cited as the Crown Office Fees Order 2003, and shall come into force on 17th February 2003.

     2. The fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order shall be taken in the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in respect of the matters described in column 1.

     3. The Crown Office Fees Order 1999[2] is revoked.


Irvine of Lairg,
C.

Dated 9th January 2003



We concur


Jim Fitzpatrick

Philip Woolas
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Dated 14th January 2003



SCHEDULE
Column 1 Column 2
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of City £1,435
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of Lord Mayor £1,435
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for a Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter (England and Wales) £410
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the appointment of Heralds £180
Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law £555
Letters Patent under the Great Seal for appointment as Queen's Counsel (England and Wales) £165
Issue of certificate confirming appointment as Queen's Counsel £30
Determination of an abeyance of a Barony £130


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order revokes and replaces the Crown Office Fees Order 1999. The following fees taken in the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery are increased:

The fee for the determination of an abeyance of a Barony, for which a Writ of Summons is no longer required, is decreased from £150 to £130.

For the first time, fees are taken for the issue of Letters Patent promulgating amendments to Canon law, and for certificates confirming appointment as Queen's Counsel.

Notes:

 [1] 1874 c. 81. Section 9 was amended by section 1 of and the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39), and by section 1(1) of and Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44).back

[2] S.I. 1999/692.back


ISBN 0 11 044704 2


 
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Prepared 4 February 2003

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