(1)Every incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue and registrar by whom a marriage register book is kept shall at all reasonable hours allow searches to be made in any marriage register book in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry in such a book, on payment of the following fee, that is to say—
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(b)for every certified copy, the sum of [F2£3.50][F3£7.00]
(2)The last foregoing subsection shall apply in the case of a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed with the substitution for the reference to the incumbent of a reference to the person having the custody of a marriage register book in accordance with regulations made under section seventy-four of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 63(1)(a) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242
F2S. 63(1)(b): by Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3076), art. 2, Sch. it is provided (1.4.2003) that the fee for a certified copy of an entry issued under that subsection - (i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar is £3.50, and (ii) in any other case is £7.00
F3S. 63(1)(b): by Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3076), art. 2, Sch. it is provided (1.4.2003) that the fee for a certified copy of an entry issued under that subsection - (i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar is £3.50, and (ii) in any other case is £7.00
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 63 modified by Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 (No. 2), ss. 20(3), 27(3)