
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary Fees Amendment Order 2008 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st August 2008.
(2) Article 2(b) and Schedule 2 shall come into force, and article 2(a) and Schedule 1 shall cease to have effect, on 1st April 2010.
2 
The Table of Fees in the Schedule to the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 1984 shall be substituted by–
(a) the Table of Fees in Schedule 1 to this Order on 1st August 2008; and
(b) the Table of Fees in Schedule 2 to this Order on 1st April 2010.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th June 2008
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(a), as read with article 1


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
(Matters) (Fee payable) (Fee formerly payable)
 £ £

1 
Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure) 85 65

2 
Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof 35 26

3 
Certified copy of any other document 15 11

4 
Copying–  

(a) of each document up to 10 pages 5 –

(b) each further page or part thereof (in excess of 10 pages) 0.50 0.20

(c) of each document copied to CD or in electronic form 5 3

5 
Searches – for any search of records or archives–  

(a) up to 30 minutes 15 11

(b) for more than 30 minutes up to 2 hours 35 29

(c) each additional 30 minutes (in excess of 2 hours) 10 8

(d) In addition, correspondence fee where applicable 10 8
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(b), as read with article 1


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
(Matters) (Fee payable) (Fee formerly payable)
 £ £

1 
Petitions to the Nobile Officium and applications for criminal letters (inclusive fee covering all steps in procedure) 90 85

2 
Extract convictions, per sheet or part thereof 35 35

3 
Certified copy of any other document 15 15

4 
Copying–  

(a) of each document up to 10 pages 5 5

(b) each further page or part thereof (in excess of 10 pages) 0.50 0.50

(c) of each document copied to CD or in electronic form 5 5

5 
Searches – for any search of records or archives–  

(a) up to 30 minutes 15 15

(b) for more than 30 minutes up to 2 hours 35 35

(c) each additional 30 minutes (in excess of 2 hours) 10 10

(d) In addition, correspondence fee where applicable 10 10