Article 4 Amendments to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991

For article 3 there shall be substituted the following:—

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(1)

In excepted matrimonial proceedings, any fee payable under this Order by a petitioner who, at the time when the fee becomes payable, is in receipt of income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1 shall be limited to £20.

(2)

In this article and in article 4, “excepted matrimonial proceedings” means any proceedings excepted from the scope of representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988^f2 by paragraph 5A of Part II of Schedule 2 to that Act.”.