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.