Article 3 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

For article 3 there shall be substituted the following:—

“3

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 legal advice and assistance under Part III of the Legal Aid Act 1988^f1 in connection with the matter to which the proceedings relate, or

(b)

is in receipt of income support or family credit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f2 and is not in receipt of representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988 for the purposes of the proceedings, or

(c)

is not a beneficiary of a trust fund in court of a value of more than £50,000 and is—

(i)

under the age of eighteen, or

(ii)

a person for whose financial relief an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989^f3 is in force or is being applied for.”.