7Persons by and to whom fees are payable

7 Persons by and to whom fees are payable

7 Persons by and to whom fees are payable

(1) Any fee imposed by Schedule 1 or 2 (other than a hearing allocation fee or hearing fee) is payable by the person at whose request the relevant document is filed or service rendered—

(a) in the case of a fee imposed by Schedule 1—to the registrar of the court, and

(b) in the case of a fee imposed by Schedule 2—to the registrar of the court or to the Sheriff.

(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), the fee imposed by item 2 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 is taken to be payable by the person who served the notice to produce under Part 34 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.

(3) If a document is filed or service rendered at the request of a person acting as agent for another person, each of those persons is jointly and severally liable for payment of any fee.

(4) For the purposes only of subclause (3), a solicitor or other person by whom a person is carrying on proceedings is taken to be acting as an agent for that person.