The First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010

Exemption from fees

3.—(1) No fee is payable under this Order by a person bringing an appeal (“an appellant”) who, at the time that the fee would otherwise become payable, is in receipt of any qualifying benefit.

(2) The following are qualifying benefits for the purpose of paragraph (1)—

(a) income support under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1);

(b) working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002(2), provided that—

(i) child tax credit is being paid to the appellant, or otherwise following a claim made jointly by the appellant and another person as a couple under section 3(3) of that Act; or

(ii) there is a disability element or severe disability element (or both) to the tax credit received by the appellant,

and the gross annual income taken into account for the calculation of the working tax credit is £17,474 or less;

(c) income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995(3);

(d) guarantee credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002(4);

(e) income-related employment and support allowance payable under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(5).

(1)

1992 c. 4.

(2)

2002 c. 21. Section 3(3) was amended by paragraph 144 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33).

(3)

1995 c. 18.

(4)

2002 c. 16.

(5)

2007 c. 5.