692 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1984 No. 257 (S. 29) SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND The Sheriff Court Fees Order Made - - = = Laid before Parliament Coming into Operation 1984 28th February 1984 9th March 1984 lst April 1984 In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Courts of Law Fees (Scotland) Act 1895(a) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, I hereby make the following order:— Citation and commencement 1. This order may be cited as the Sheriff Court Fees Order 1984 and shall come into operation on Ist April 1984.
Interpretation 2.—(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires— “extract decree” includes any duly authenticated extract of an order made by the sheriff in respect of any licence, appointment, discharge or like matter; “sheriff clerk’’ includes the Sheriff Clerk of Chancery, the Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh and sheriff clerk depute; ‘Summary cause” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35(1) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971(b); ‘Table of Fees” means the Table of Fees specified in the Schedule to this order; “writ” means any document containing written pleadings relating to proceedings in the sheriff court and includes an inventory of estate, a precept of arrestment on a liquid document of debt and a notice of intention to defend.
(2) For the purpose of any reference in this order to a defender, compearer or party, any defenders, compearers or parties who have the same interest and who lodge, or are preparing to lodge, a writ in their joint names shall be treated as a single defender, compearer or party. (a) 1895 c. 14; section 2 was substituted by section 4 of the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12). (b) 1971 c. 58.