Exemption of certain persons from fees: social security4.

(1)

A fee specified 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 19923;

(b)

the person is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 19954;

(c)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of guarantee credit under the State Pension Credit Act 20025;

(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 20026) 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 £18,000 or less;

(e)

the person or the person’s partner is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act 20077;

(f)

the person is in receipt of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 20128; or

(g)

the person or the person’s partner has, within the period of 3 months prior to the date the specified fee would be payable but for this exemption, received financial or other assistance under the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 20159.

(2)

In this article, “partner” means a person to whom a person is married or with whom the person is in a civil partnership.