Article 2 Amendments to the County Court Fees Order 1982

For article 4 there shall be substituted the following–

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(1)

No fee shall be payable under this Order where the party who would otherwise be liable to pay it is in receipt of income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1 at the time when the fee becomes payable.

(2)

The Lord Chancellor may reduce or remit a fee in any case where, in circumstances where paragraph (1) does not apply, it appears to the Lord Chancellor that payment by a party who is an individual of any fee specified in Schedule 1 would involve undue financial hardship because of the exceptional circumstances of the particular case.

(3)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to Fee No.4(viii) (fee payable on a consolidated attachment of earnings order or an administration order).”.