The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/115
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 11th February 2008.

Section 2

For paragraph 2(1) in Schedule 1A to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004 (remission and part remission of fees) substitute—

(1) No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise be payable—

(a) is in receipt of a qualifying benefit and is not in receipt of funding provided by the LSC for the purposes of the proceedings and for which a certificate has been issued under the Funding Code; or

(b) is not a beneficiary of a trust fund in court of a value of more than £50,000 and is—

(i) under the age of eighteen; or

(ii) a person for whose financial relief an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is in force or being applied for.