SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st May 2008. 2 In this Order— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b “ the CPR ” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ; c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d expressions also used in the CPR have the same meaning as in those Rules. Fees payable 2 The fees set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 are payable in the Senior Courts of England and Wales and in the County Court in respect of the items described in column 1 in accordance with and subject to the directions specified in that column. 3 No fee is payable in respect of— a non-contentious probate business; b the enrolment of documents; c criminal proceedings (except proceedings on the Crown side of the Queen's Bench Division to which the fees in Schedule 1 are applicable); d proceedings by sheriffs, under-sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs or other officers of the sheriff; or e family proceedings in the High Court or in the County Court . 3A 1 In proceedings under the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017— a fee 2.4(a) (application on notice where no other fee is specified); and b fee 2.5(a) (application by consent or without notice where no other fee is specified); are not payable by the Public Guardian. 2 For the purpose of this regulation, “Public Guardian” has the meaning given in section 57 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 3B Fees 2.4(a) (on an application on notice where no other fee is specified) and 2.5(a) (on an application by consent or without notice where no other fee is specified) in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) are not payable in respect of any application made by reference to sections 85F-K of the Courts Act 2003 for an order or direction of the court relating to cross-examination in person of a party to or witness in the proceedings. Exemption related to domestic abuse protection orders 3C No fee is payable in respect of an application under section 28 (domestic abuse protection orders on application), 29 (applications where domestic abuse protection notice has been given), 40 (arrest for breach of order) or 44 (variation and discharge of orders) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 or an appeal under section 46 of that Act (appeals). 4 Where by any convention entered into by Her Majesty with any foreign power it is provided that no fee is required to be paid in respect of any proceedings, the fees specified in this Order are not payable in respect of those proceedings. Remissions and part remissions 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2), Schedule 2 applies for the purpose of ascertaining whether a party is entitled to a remission or part remission of a fee prescribed by this Order. 2 Schedule 2 does not apply to— a any fee which relates to proceedings in cases brought by users of Money Claim Online or Possession Claims Online; b fee 8.8 (fee payable on a consolidated attached of earnings order or an administration order). Revocations 6 The instruments listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 (which have the references listed in column 2) are revoked. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice We consent, Steve McCabe Claire Ward Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury