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Paragraph 7 Application for remission or part remission of fees

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

An application for remission or part remission of a fee must be made to the court officer at the time when the fee would otherwise be payable.

(2)

Where a claim for full remission of fees is made, the party must provide documentary evidence of, as the case may be—

(a)

entitlement to a qualifying benefit; or

(b)

gross annual income and, if applicable, the children included for the purposes of paragraph 3.

(3)

Where a claim for full or part remission of fees under paragraph 4 is made, the party must provide documentary evidence of—

(a)

such of the party’s gross monthly income as is derived from—

(i)

employment;

(ii)

rental or other income received from persons living with the party by reason of their residence in the party’s home;

(iii)

a pension; or

(iv)

a state benefit, not being an excluded benefit; and

(b)

any expenditure being deducted from the gross monthly income in accordance with paragraph 5(2).