Exemption of certain persons from fees3.

(1)

A fee regulated by this Order is not payable by a person if—

(a)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of income support under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922;

(b)

the person is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995)3;

(c)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of guarantee credit under the State Pension Credit Act 20024;

(d)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of working tax credit, provided that—

(i)

child tax credit is being paid to the party, or otherwise following a claim for child tax credit made jointly by the members of a couple (as defined in section 3(5A) of the Tax Credits Act 20025) which includes the party; or

(ii)

there is a disability element or severe disability element (or both) to the tax credit received by the party;

and that the gross annual income taken into account for the calculation of the working tax credit is £16,642 or less; or

(e)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act 20076.

(2)

In this article “partner” means a person to whom a person is married or with whom the person is registered as a civil partner in terms of sections 1(1), 85(1) or 137(1) of the Civil Partnership Act 20047.