The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made: 19th March 1997

Coming into operation: 1st April 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978[^f00001], after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

Interpretation

2

In this Order, “the 1996 Order” means the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00002].

3

For Section D in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order there shall be substituted the new Section D set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

4

In Section E in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order after fee No. 24 there shall be inserted the following new fee:—

(24A) Application for temporary continuance of business in other premises under Article 26 £30·00

5

For Section F in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order there shall be substituted the new Section F set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

6

In Section G in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order for the amount of £10·00, payable in respect of Fee No. 52, there shall be substituted the amount of £12·00.

SCHEDULE 1 — D. Notices of application under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

12

• (a) Application for renewal

13

• (a) For each inspection of the register of licences as provided for under Article 35

14

A duplicate licence, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of licences issued under Article 38(2)

SCHEDULE 2 — F. Applications under the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

46

On every application for the renewal of registration of a club under Article 7

46A

Additional fee for application out of time under Article 9 for each month or part of month

46B

Application for continuance of club in other temporary premises under Article 12

46C

Application for a children’s certificate

46D

Children’s certificate

47

For each inspection of the register of clubs as provided for under Article 17

48

A duplicate certificate of registration, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of clubs, issued under Article 20(2)

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 19th March 1997.

We concur,

Richard Ottaway — Roger Knapman — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 19th March 1997.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 to

• prescribe the fees to be taken in respect of certain applications under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

• prescribe the fee to be taken in respect of an application for an order authorising the continuance of a business in other premises under Article 26 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985; and

• increase the fee to be taken in respect of a notice of application to a magistrates' court (other than an application under Article 91(3) or (4) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) not otherwise provided for.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 23

[^f00002]: S.R. 1996 No. 102; as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 494