Contents
Article 1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 2nd December 2002.
(2)Articles 3 and 4 shall come into operation on 3rd March 2003.
Article 2Citation, commencement and interpretation#
In this Order “the principal Order” means the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Article 3Interpretation of the principal Order#
Article 2 of the principal Order shall be amended as follows –
(a)the word “and” shall be deleted from the end of paragraph (b); and
(b)after paragraph (c) there shall be added the following new paragraphs –“d “credit card” means a card which –i may be used on its own to pay for goods or services or to withdraw cash, andii enables the holder to make purchases and to draw cash up to a prearranged limit;e “debit card” means a card which may be used as a means of payment under arrangements which do not provide for the extension of credit to the cardholder, but provide for amounts paid by means of the card to be debited to a specified account in his name (or in his name jointly with one or more others); andf “payment instrument” means a cheque or payable order.”
Article 4Manner in which fees are to be taken#
For paragraph (1) of Article 5 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following new paragraph –“1 Subject to Article 7 of this Order, the fees prescribed in the Schedule shall be taken –a in cash; orb by credit card payment; orc by debit card payment; ord by payment instrument.”
Article 5Fees to be taken in family proceedings#
For the Schedule to the principal Order there shall be substituted the new Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Schedule
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