“concession rate proceeding means any of the following proceedings:—

• “(a) an appeal to the Court under any enactment; or

• “(b) an application for review under Part 1 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1972; or

• “(c) a proceeding to which Part 4 of the High Court Rules applies; or

• “(d) an originating application to which Part 4A of the High Court Rules applies; or

• “(e) an application to which Part 7 of the High Court Rules applies; or

• “(f) an application to put a company into liquidation to which Part 9A of the High Court Rules applies.”

“4 Application

• “(1) These regulations apply to civil proceedings in the Court.

  “(2) Nothing in these regulations applies to applications under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1991.”

• “(3) For the purposes of these regulations, an applicant is unable to pay the fee sought to be waived if—

  • “(a) the applicant has been granted legal aid in respect of the matter for which the fee is payable; or

  • “(b) the applicant has not been granted legal aid in respect of the matter for which the fee is payable and the applicant—

    • “(i) is dependent for the payment of his or her living expenses on a benefit of a kind specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (e), (h), and (j) of the definition of income-tested benefit in section 3(1) of the Social Security Act 1964; or

    • “(ii) is wholly dependent for the payment of his or her living expenses on New Zealand superannuation under the New Zealand Superannuation Act 2001 or a veteran's pension under the War Pensions Act 1954; or

    • “(iii) would otherwise suffer undue financial hardship if he or she paid the fee.”