1. This Practice Direction will come into effect on the date of signature. It may be cited as Practice Direction 3 of 2008 — DIFC Courts Charges and may be abbreviated to PD 3/2008.

1. Should a party to proceedings request the DIFC Courts to provide a copy of any recording made by the DIFC Courts in respect of such proceedings, that recording shall be provided on one or more computer disks. A charge of AED1, 000 shall apply for each such disk produced by the DIFC Courts and shall be payable by the party requesting the copy prior to the disk or disks (as the case may be) being handed to that party.

2. Should a party to proceedings request the DIFC Courts to undertake any scanning or photocopying of documents, a charge of AED5 per page shall be payable by that party to the DIFC Courts prior to the commencement of any such scanning or photocopying.

3. In this practice direction, reference to a “party” shall include representatives of that party as well as appointed counsel to that party