8.—(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 2004(1)-
(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.
S.I. 2004/3120. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2174, 2011/588, 2013/2302, 2014/513, 590 and 876 and 2017/422.