Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees Order 2009 and comes into force on 1st October 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2009 Rules” means the Supreme Court Rules 2009(1);

“devolution jurisdiction” means proceedings under the Scotland Act 1998(2), the Government of Wales Act 2006(3) or the Northern Ireland Act 1998(4).

(3) Subject to paragraph (2), expressions used in this Order which are also used in the 2009 Rules have the same meaning as in those Rules.

Fees payable

2.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the fees set out in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1 are payable in the Supreme Court in respect of the items described in column (1) of that table.

(2) No fee in column (2) is payable in respect of criminal proceedings, other than the fee payable on submitting a claim for costs.

(3) In relation to its devolution jurisdiction the fees set out in column (3) of that table are payable in the Supreme Court in respect of the items described in column (1) of that table.

Remissions and part remissions

3.  Schedule 2 applies for the purpose of ascertaining whether a party is entitled to a remission or part remission of a fee prescribed by this Order.