3.—(1) In this rule “applicable fee” means a fee paid under the 1996 Fees Rules on or after 1st November 2001 but before 1st May 2002 and “rule 6” means rule 6 of the 1996 Fees Rules.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3)—
(a)an applicable fee shall be refunded where, if rule 6 had been in force when the fee was paid, the Lord Chancellor would have remitted the fee; and
(b)where the Lord Chancellor would have reduced the applicable fee if rule 6 had been in force when the fee was paid, the amount by which the applicable fee would have been reduced shall be refunded.
(3) No refund shall be made under paragraph (2) unless the party who paid the fee applies for it before 1st November 2002.