Labour Court (Fees) (Amendment) Rule, 2024, (no.1)
Labour Court fees change: processing court records drops to 1,00 per page, and taxation now costs 30,00 for a notice of taxation plus 30,00 for an application for set down.
The Senior Judge of the Labour Court, with the approval of the Chief Justice and the Minister of Justice, has amended the fee Schedule to the Labour Court Rules, 2020 (S.I. 213 of 2020).
Two items change. Item 11, processing of court records, is now charged at 1,00 per page. Item 16, taxation, is split into two charges: 30,00 for a notice of taxation and 30,00 for an application for set down for taxation.
The instrument prints the figures as bare numbers with no currency symbol, so the currency has to be read from the parent Schedule in S.I. 213 of 2020 rather than from this amendment. It also does not reproduce the old amounts, so the size of the increase or decrease is not visible on the face of the instrument.
A drafting slip is worth noting: the title in the Gazette is the Labour Court (Fees) (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (No. 1), but the citation clause inside the rules calls them the Labour Court (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (No. 1), without "(Fees)". The extract also carries a stray page header reading "S.I. 153 of 2024", which is a printing artefact and not part of these rules.
No commencement date is stated, so the rules take effect on publication — the Gazette date is 13 September 2024.
What changed
- Item 11 (processing of court records) is now 1,00 per page
- Item 16 (taxation) is replaced with two charges: notice of taxation 30,00 and application for set down for taxation 30,00
- The amounts carry no currency symbol in the amending rules
Who this affects
- litigants in the Labour Court
- labour lawyers and legal practitioners taxing bills of costs
- trade union representatives handling Labour Court matters
- Labour Court registry staff
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.