Article 3 Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order

After paragraph (1) of article 5 there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs–

“(1A)

Subject to paragraph (1B), where a fee has been paid at a time–

(a)

where the Lord Chancellor, if he had been aware of all the circumstances, would have reduced the fee under article 5(1), the amount by which the fee would have been reduced shall be refunded; and

(b)

where the Lord Chancellor, if he had been aware of all the circumstances, would have remitted the fee under article 5(1), the fee shall be refunded.

(1B)

No refund shall be made under paragraph (1A) unless the party who paid the fee applies within 6 months of paying the fee.

(1C)

The Lord Chancellor may extend the period of 6 months referred to in paragraph (1B) if he considers that there is good reason for an application being made after the end of the period of 6 months.”.