Remissions and refunds: Indian Ocean Tsunami and London Terrorist Bombings8

1

The Lord Chancellor must remit in full any fee prescribed in this Order where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that an application for a grant or resealing of a grant is in respect of—

a

a death occurring as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26th December 2004;

b

a death occurring as a result of another person’s detonation of a bomb in London on 7th July 2005, or

c

a death occurring as a result of action taken in a police operation following another person’s attempted detonation of a bomb in London on 21st July 2005.

2

Where a fee has been taken under the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 200411-

a

after 26th December 2004 but before 4th March 2005, in respect of a death occurring in the circumstance described in paragraph (1)(a), or

b

after 7th July 2005 but before 29th December 2005, in respect of a death occurring in the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(b) or (c),

the Lord Chancellor must, on receipt of a written application from the person who paid the fee, refund the fee to that person.