Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2005 No. 561
SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005
Made
20th December 2005
Coming into operation
6th January 2006
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) and (4) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(1), after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2006.
(2) In this Order, the “1996 Order” means the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996(2).
Amendment to the 1996 Order
2. In Article 5 of the 1996 Order—
(a)in paragraph (b) omit “and”; and
(b)for paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)matrimonial proceedings; and
(d)civil partnership proceedings.”.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 12th December 2005
We concur,
Tom Watson
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 20th December 2005
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Article 5 of the Supreme Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 to provide that the provisions of that Order do not apply to civil partnership proceedings.
S.R. 1996 No. 100 to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2004 No. 337