Article 5 Exemptions, reductions and remissions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise become payable–

(a)

is in receipt of any qualifying benefit, and

(b)

is not in receipt of representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988^f1 for the purposes of the proceedings.

(2)

The following are qualifying benefits for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) above–

(a)

income support;

(b)

family credit and disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f2; and

(c)

income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995^f3.

(3)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to fee 4.8 (fee payable on a consolidated attachment of earnings order or an administration order).

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