Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
1997 No. 179

MAGISTRATES' COURTS
The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made
19th March 1997

Coming into operation
1st April 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(1), after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, “the 1996 Order” means the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996(2).

3.  For Section D in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order there shall be substituted the new Section D set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

4.  In Section E in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order after fee No. 24 there shall be inserted the following new fee:—

“24A.  Application for temporary continuance of business in other premises under Article 26 ... ... ... ...£30·00”

5.  For Section F in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order there shall be substituted the new Section F set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

6.  In Section G in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order for the amount of £10·00, payable in respect of Fee No. 52, there shall be substituted the amount of £12·00.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 19th March 1997.

We concur,

Richard Ottaway
Roger Knapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 19th March 1997.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1D. Notices of application under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

12.—(a) Application for renewal ... ... ... ...

£120·00

(b)Application for protection order under Article 26 ... ... ... ...

£30·00

(c)Application for temporary continuance of business in other premises under Article 29 ... ... ... ...

£30·00

(d)Application for transfer ... ... ... ...

£120·00

(e)Application for transfer and renewal ... ... ... ...

£240·00

(f)Application for Article 43 Order ... ... ... ...

£120·00

(g)Application under Article 44—

(i)where an application only relates to occasions which will occur on or between 1st April 1997 and 30th September 1997 ... ... ... ...

£60·00

(ii)where the application only relates to occasions which will occur within a single twelve month period calculated from 1st October in any one year to 30th September in the following year ... ... ... ...

£120·00

(iii)where the application relates to occasions which will occur in more than one twelve month period calculated from 1st October in any one year to 30th September in the following year ... ... ... ...

£120·00 in respect of each such twelve month period

(h)Application for Article 48 order ... ... ... ...

£120·00

(i)Additional fee for application out of time under Article 16 for each month or part of month ... ... ... ...

£50·00

(j)Application for the grant of an occasional licence for the first day plus £10·00 for each additional day

£30·00

(k)Application for grant of an extension licence ... ... ... ...

£30·00

(l)Application for the grant of a children’s certificate

£70·00

(m)Children’s certificate ... ... ... ...

£10·00

13.—(a) For each inspection of the register of licences as provided for under Article 35 ... ... ... ...

£10·00

(b)For each copy of all or any part of an entry taken

from the register of licences as provided for under Article 35 — in respect of each licensed premises ... ... ... ...
£10·00

14.  A duplicate licence, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of licences issued under Article 38(2) ... ... ... ...

£60·00

Article 5

SCHEDULE 2F. Applications under the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

46.  On every application for the renewal of registration of a club under Article 7 ... ... ... ...

£120·00

46A.  Additional fee for application out of time under Article 9 for each month or part of month ... ... ... ...

£50·00

46B.  Application for continuance of club in other temporary premises under Article 12 ... ... ... ...

£30·00

46C.  Application for a children’s certificate ... ... ... ...

£70·00

46D.  Children’s certificate ... ... ... ...

£10·00

47.  For each inspection of the register of clubs as provided for under Article 17 ... ... ... ...

£10·00

48.  A duplicate certificate of registration, being a certified copy of particulars recorded in the register of clubs, issued under Article 20(2) ... ... ... ...

£60·00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 to

prescribe the fees to be taken in respect of certain applications under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

prescribe the fee to be taken in respect of an application for an order authorising the continuance of a business in other premises under Article 26 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985; and

increase the fee to be taken in respect of a notice of application to a magistrates' court (other than an application under Article 91(3) or (4) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) not otherwise provided for.

(1)
1978 c. 23

(2)
S.R. 1996 No. 102; as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 494