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The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2671 · Made 5 November 1997

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FAMILY PROCEEDINGS

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

Made 5th Novemeber 1997

Coming into force 1st December 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 41 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997.

2Amendment to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

Article 3 of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

the existing article shall be re-numbered as article 3(1);

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b) of the new paragraph (1), for the words from “income support” to “1992” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”;

(c)

after the new paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

“(2)

The following are qualifying benefits for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above: income support, family credit and disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f2, and income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995f3.”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 30th October 1997

We concur,

Graham Allen

Jon Owen Jones

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 5th November 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 so as to extend the exemption from payment of court fees to those in receipt of disability working allowance or income-based jobseeker’s allowance.