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7.—(1) A party is only relieved by paragraphs 2 to 4 of liability to pay a fee if that party makes an application for remission in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) An application for remission or part remission of a fee must be made to the Lord Chancellor at the time when the fee would otherwise be payable.
(3) Where a claim for full remission of fees is made, the party must provide documentary evidence of, as the case may be—
(a)entitlement to a qualifying benefit; or
(b)gross annual income and, if applicable, the children included for the purposes of paragraph 3.
(4) Where a claim for full or part remission of fees under paragraph 4 is made, the party must provide documentary evidence of—
(a)such of the party’s gross monthly income as is derived from—
(i)employment;
(ii)rental or other income received from persons living with the party by reason of their residence in the party’s home;
(iii)a pension; or
(iv)a state benefit, not being an excluded benefit; and
(b)any expenditure being deducted from the gross monthly income in accordance with paragraph 5(2).
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