Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1355 (S.184)

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1993

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1993 No. 1355 (S.184)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1993

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907(^[1]) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1993 and shall come into force on 28th June 1993.

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

Amendment of Table Of Fees
    2.    —(1)  The Table of Fees set out in Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992(^[2]), shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

    (2)  In paragraph 5 (Carbon Copies), for-
"Carbon Copies
Carbon copies of notes of evidence"


substitute-
"Copies
Copies of notes of evidence by carbon or any other means" .


    (3)  In the paragraphs specified in column 1 of the following table, for the figures set out in column 2 as applying to those paragraphs, substitute the figures set out in column 3 of that table; and the fees so substituted shall apply to work, for which those fees are chargeable, done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force:-
TABLE

column 1 (paragraph)	column 2 (old fees)	column 3 (new fees)
	£	£
1(a)	17.11	17.71
(b)(i)	51.35	53.15
(ii)	61.06	63.20
4(a)	3.65	3.78
(b)	4.39	4.54
5	0.28	0.29

Saving
    3.    The fees set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 2(3) above, shall continue to apply to work done before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

J.A.D. Hope

Lord President, I.P.D.
Edinburgh,

25th May 1993

This Act of Sederunt amends the Table of Fees for shorthand writers in civil proceedings in the sheriff court:-
(a) to provide for a fee for copying notes of evidence by means other than carbon; and

(b) to increase the fees payable by about 3.5 per cent

[1] 1907 c. 51 (7 Edw. 7); section 40 was amended by section 1(3) of the Secretaries of State Act 1926 (c. 18), by the Schedule to the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, and Schedule 2 to, the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12). back

[2] 1992/1878. back