36Amendment of Consular Fees Act 1980U.K.
In section 1 of the Consular Fees Act 1980 (power to impose fees in respect of the carrying out of consular functions), after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)In prescribing a fee under subsection (1) for the doing of a particular thing, Her Majesty in Council may take into account—
(a)the expenses that will be or have been incurred in doing that thing, both in the circumstances in relation to which the fee is prescribed and in other circumstances;
(b)the expenses that will be or have been incurred in doing such other things in the exercise of functions mentioned in that subsection as She thinks fit;
(c)expenses that will be or have been incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with arrangements made for purposes connected with both the exercise of such functions and provision made by or under the Identity Cards Act 2006; and
(d)such differences between different persons in relation to whom things may be or have been done as She thinks fit.
(4B)The power of Her Majesty in Council under subsection (1) to prescribe fees and the power of the Secretary of State under subsection (3) to make regulations each includes power—
(a)to make different provision for different cases;
(b)to make provision subject to such exemptions and exceptions as the person exercising the power thinks fit; and
(c)to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as that person thinks fit.
(4C)References in this section to expenses that will be incurred for any purpose include references to expenses that Her Majesty in Council considers are likely to be incurred for that purpose over such period as She thinks appropriate, including expenses that will only be incurred after the commencement of a particular enactment.”