The Courts and Tribunals (Fee Remissions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023

This Statutory Instrument has been made in part to correct an error in S.I. 2020/314 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 1094 (L. 9)

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

COUNTY COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES

FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

GENDER RECOGNITION

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

MENTAL CAPACITY, ENGLAND AND WALES

SENIOR COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES

The Courts and Tribunals (Fee Remissions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023

Made

12th October 2023

Laid before Parliament

16th October 2023

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Lord Chancellor by section 92(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 2003(1), sections 414 and 415 of the Insolvency Act 1986(2), section 52(1) and (2) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005(3), section 54(1) and (2) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005(4), section 42(1) and (2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(5), and on the Secretary of State by section 7(2) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004(6).

The Lord Chancellor has consulted in accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of the Courts Act 2003, section 52(4) to (6) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, section 54(3) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and section 42(5) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

In accordance with section 92(1) of the Courts Act 2003, sections 414(1) and 415(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986, section 52(1) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, section 54(1) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and section 42(6) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, the Lord Chancellor has obtained the agreement, consent and sanction of the Treasury.

(1)

2003 c. 39; section 92 was amended by paragraph 345 of Schedule 4, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11, to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 9, and paragraph 95 of Schedule 10, to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

(2)

1986 c. 45; section 414 was amended by sections 126 and 161 of the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), paragraphs 1 and 23 of Schedule 3 to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), and by S.I. 2007/2194 and 2009/805, there are other amendments not relevant to this Order. Section 415 was amended by paragraphs 1 and 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), and by paragraphs 1 and 59 of Schedule 19 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24).

(3)

2005 c. 4.

(4)

2005 c. 9.

(5)

2007 c. 15; section 42 was amended by S.I. 2010/21 and S.I. 2013/2042.

(6)

2004 c. 7; there are amendments to section 7, but none is relevant.