Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2002

Made: 7th June 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 10th June 2002

Coming into force: 1st July 2002

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2002 and shall come into force on 1 July 2002.

• (2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Amendment of tables of fees

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• (1) The tables of fees set out in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992[^f00002] shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

• (2) For Schedule 1 (witnesses' fees) there shall be substituted the table of fees in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt.

• (3) In Schedule 2 (shorthand writers' fees)–

in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £28.82 and £115.25 there shall be substituted the amounts of £29.76 and £119.00 respectively;

• (a) in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £28.82 and £115.25 there shall be substituted the amounts of £29.76 and £119.00 respectively;

• (b) in paragraph 4 (transcripts), for the amounts of £4.72 and £5.77 there shall be substituted the amounts of £4.87 and £5.96 respectively;

• (c) in paragraph 5 (copies), for the amount of £0.39 there shall be substituted the amouint of £0.40.

Saving

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Paragraph 2 shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred, before 1 July 2002.

SCHEDULE 1 — WITNESSES' FEES

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Skilled Persons

2

Witnesses

3

Travelling Allowance

4

Subsistence Allowance

5

Value Added Tax

6

Receipts and Vouchers

7

Account of fees of Witnesses

Signed

W DOUGLAS CULLEN — Lord President, I.P.D. — 7th June 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)

This Act of Sederunt substitutes a new table of witnesses' fees in the Sheriff Court. The Act also increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Sheriff Court by about 3.25%. The last increases were in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/136).

This Act of Sederunt does not apply as respects fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred, before it comes into force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1907 c. 51; section 40 was amended by the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1913 c. 28, Schedule 1; the Secretaries of State Act 1926 c. 18, section 1(3); the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 c. 41, Schedule; the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 c. 12, Schedule 1, paragraph 7 and Schedule 2; and the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 c. 40, Schedule 9.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/1878; the most recent amendment was by S.S.I. 2001/136.