Article 4 Amendments to the 1980 Order

For article 5 there shall be substituted the following—

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(1)

No fee shall be payable under this Order where the person who would otherwise be liable to pay it is in receipt of income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1.

(2)

Where Fee No.25(a) has been paid on the appointment of a judge of the Commercial Court or an official referee as an arbitrator or umpire but the arbitration does not proceed to a hearing or an award, the fee shall be refunded.

(3)

Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that payment of any fee under this Order would involve undue financial hardship because of the exceptional circumstances of the particular case, he may reduce or remit the fee in that case.”.