This order establishes the updated fee structure for proceedings within the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales as of 1980. The document serves as a formal statutory instrument issued by the British government to regulate the financial costs associated with legal filings and court services. It provides the legal framework for the collection of fees, ensuring that the administrative costs of the judicial system are codified and enforceable under the law.

Legal professionals and historians utilize this text as a primary source for understanding the administrative and financial history of the British court system during the late twentieth century. It is considered a technical regulatory document intended for practitioners and researchers of legal history rather than the general public.