{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-order-2005/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-order-2005/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3444",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-order-2005",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions and remissions",
  "text": "No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise become payable,—\n(a) is in receipt of—\n(i) legal advice and assistance under Part II or Part III of the Legal Aid Act 1988 in connection with the matter to which the proceedings relate; or\n(ii) representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988 for the purposes of the proceedings;\n(b) is receiving services funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service; or\n(c) is in receipt of—\n(i) income support under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n(ii) income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;\n(iii) guarantee credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;\n(iv) any element of child tax credit, under the Tax Credits Act 2002, other than the family element; or\n(v) working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34. Parts II, III and IV were repealed by Part I of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) from 1 April 2000 subject to the transitional and savings provisions in article 5 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/774), in respect of an application for legal aid signed before 1 April 2000 and received by the Legal Aid Board by 2 May 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999(c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2002 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2002 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2619",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3444/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:40.123017+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}