Download or read book Ministry of Justice: Fee Remissions for the Courts and Tribunals - Consultation Response - Cm. 8704 written by Great Britain: Ministry of Justice and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outlines the background and responses to Consultation paper CP 15/2013, Cm. 8608 (ISBN 9780101860826). It covers the reforms of the fee remission system; next steps; summary of responses and resultant policy changes. In summary the changes are: the amendment of the disposable capital test to include more thresholds and the provision of a different threshold for those aged 61 or over; amendments and clarifications to the terms of the disposable capital test; the addition of more excluded benefits under the gross monthly income test; time period in which to apply for a retrospective fee remission to be three rather than two months; and application of the same eligibility test to prisoners and their partners. The government intends to implement the changes by Statutory Instrument by October 2013.