Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Lands Tribunal (Fees) Rules 1996 by inserting new rules 6 and 7. The new rule 6 provides for the reduction or remission of fees in exceptional circumstances involving undue financial hardship. The new rule 7 provides for refunding a fee where it would have been reduced or remitted under the new rule 6 if all the circumstances had been known at the time the fee was paid.

A transitional provision allows for refunding the whole or part of a fee paid on or after 1st November 2001 but before 1st May 2002 where it would have been reduced or remitted if the new rule 6 had been in force when it was paid.