The Gazette 1967/71

sion that a solicitor acting for a vendor should

as a matter of professional practice and in the

interests of members of

the Society and their

clients furnish certified copies of a land registry

map on the twenty-five inch scale duly marked

showing the property intended to be transferred.

Bar associations are requested to bring this matter

to the attention of their members and to endea

vour to see that the practice is adopted.

DISTRICT COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1970

S.I. 236 of 1970

The District Court (Fees) Order, 1970, comes

into force on 19 October 1970. By this order the

stamp on the issue of a summons or of a civil

process is fixed at Ifl/-, and the stamp on an

application for the removal of a disqualification

order is raised to £1-5-0. All documents under the

enforcement of Court Orders Proceedings will

now be 8/- including the copy of the statement of

means, the issue of an examination order, and the

issue for an order for committal, or for variation.

The stamps on applications for various declara

tions under the Intoxicating Liquor Acts has been

substantially raised and in some cases is as much

as £12. The stamp on the following applications

when granted will be £15.

(a) Certificate of Registration of a Club

(b) Moneylender's Certificate

(d) Gaming Licence.

The stamp on every application under the Rent

Restrictions Act, 1960, is £1. While the stamp on

every notice of appeal under the Betting Act,

1931, is £10.

CIRCUIT COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1970

S.I. 237 of 1970

The revised fees in the Circuit Court payable

under

this order come

into operation on

October 1970. The revised stamp on the issue of

an ordinary civil bill or summons or of an equity

civil bill is now £2-10-0. The stamp on all appli

cations

the Circuit Court under

the Rent

Restrictions Act,

1960, or

the Landlord and

Tenant Acts, is now £2 while the stamp on every

application to a County Registrar under the Land

lord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967, is

£1-10-0. The fee for every application for a certi

ficate under the Licensing Acts is £15 while the

fee for every application of proceedings under

the Registration of Title Act, 1964, is £1-10-0.

SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT

(FEES) ORDER, 1970

S.I. 239 of 1970

This order increasing fees in the offices of the

Supreme Court and High Court comes into opera

tion on 19 October 1970. This order covers 27

printed pages, and costs 2/-, consequently, it is

only possible to give a very brief summary of the

fees affected. The fee for filing a notice o fmotion

of appeal to the Supreme Court is now £7 and

the stamp on a commission appointing a Notary

Public or Commissioner of Oaths is £20. The fee

for sealing a plenary summons in the High Court

is now £8 and on sealing a special summons or a

summary summons or on filing a petition is £6.

The fee on filin gany affidavit or pleading is 15 /-

and on lodging a notice of appeal from the Circuit

Court to the High Court is £2-10-0. The fee on

setting down an action for trial is £6. The fee on

every petition of bankruptcy or of arrangement is

£6, while that on every debtor's summons is £3.

The fee for lodging most notices of motion under

the Solicitors Acts is £3, but, if arising under

Section 48 (3) of the Solicitors Act, 1954, the fee

is £6. The fee on a notice to tax in the Taxing

Masters' Office is £1-10-0, while the fee on the

issue of a Certificate of Taxation is £1-15-0.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID)

(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1970

S.I. 240 of 1970

The following fees have now been fixed for

Legal Aid in Criminal Cases.

1. Fee to solicitor for consultation in cases of mur

der, manslaughter or dangerous driving causing

death or serious bodily harm (£2-2-0).

2. Fee to solicitor for attending a reserved judg

ment (£3-3-0).

3. Fee to solicitors for an allowance to attend

court if travelling is involved, has been increased

to I/- per mile.

4. The solicitor

is entitled

to recoup any fees

expended by him for service of documents or

for payment of court fees.

5. The solicitor will be entitled to his fee at the

hearing if he was properly represented there.

The schedule to this order is appended on p. 94.