These Regulations may be cited as the Public Guardian (Fees, etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st May 2010.

The Public Guardian (Fees, etc) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

In regulation 10 (reductions and remissions in exceptional circumstances)—

(a)    before “Where it appears” insert “(1)”; and

(b)    at the end, insert—

“(2)    An application for the reduction or remission of any fee paid under regulation 8 (appointment of deputy: supervision fees) must be made to the Public Guardian within 6 months after the date of the invoice in respect of that fee.”

These Regulations apply to applications for the reduction or remission of a fee, the invoice for which is dated 1st May 2010 or later.

Signed on the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

25th March 2010

These Regulations amend the Public Guardian (Fees. etc) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2051) by inserting new paragraph (2) into regulation 10 (reductions and remissions in exceptional circumstances) providing that an application for the reduction or remission of any fee paid under regulation 8 (appointment of deputy: supervision fees) must be made to the Public Guardian within 6 months after the date of the invoice for that fee (regulation 3). The 6-month time limit applies only to applications for the reduction or remission of such fees, where the invoice for that fee is dated on or after 1st May 2010, the date of coming into force of these Regulations (regulation 4).