9(1)Procedure regulations may include provision requiring the payment of fees in respect of an application or transfer of proceedings to, or oral hearing by, a leasehold valuation tribunal in a case under—
(a)the 1985 Act (service charges and choice of insurers),
(b)Part 2 of the 1987 Act (managers),
(c)Part 4 of the 1987 Act (variation of leases),
(d)section 168(4) of this Act, or
(e)Schedule 11 to this Act.
(2)Procedure regulations may empower a leasehold valuation tribunal to require a party to proceedings to reimburse any other party to the proceedings the whole or part of any fees paid by him.
(3)The fees payable shall be such as are specified in or determined in accordance with procedure regulations; but the fee (or, where fees are payable in respect of both an application or transfer and an oral hearing, the aggregate of the fees) payable by a person in respect of any proceedings shall not exceed—
(a)£500, or
(b)such other amount as may be specified in procedure regulations.
(4)Procedure regulations may provide for the reduction or waiver of fees by reference to the financial resources of the party by whom they are to be paid or met.
(5)If they do so they may apply, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations, any other statutory means-testing regime as it has effect from time to time.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 wholly in force at 30.3.2004; Sch. 12 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 181(1); Sch. 12 in force for specified purposes at 26.7.2002 for E. by S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(c); Sch. 12 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2003 for W. by S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(c); Sch. 12 in force so far as not already in force at 30.9.2003 for E. by S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(b); Sch. 12 in force so far as not already in force at 30.3.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(b)