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  "legislation_title": "The Supreme Court Fees Order 2009",
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  "heading": "Full remission of fees – gross annual income",
  "text": "(1) No fee is payable under this Order if, at the time when the fee would otherwise be payable, the party has the number of children specified in column (1) of the following table and—\n(a) if the party is single, the gross annual income of the party does not exceed the amount set out in the appropriate row of column (2); or\n(b) if the party is one of a couple, the gross annual income of the couple does not exceed the amount set out in the appropriate row of column (3).\n(1)\nNumber of children of party paying fee\n(2)\nSingle\n(3)\nCouple\nno children\n£13,000\n£18,000\n1 child\n£15,930\n£20,930\n2 children\n£18,860\n£23,860\n3 children\n£21,790\n£26,790\n4 children\n£24,720\n£29,720\n(2) If the party paying the fee has more than 4 children then the relevant amount of gross annual income is the amount specified in the table for 4 children plus the sum of £2,930 for each additional child.",
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