The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 3151 (S.300)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1993

Made

14th December 1993

Laid before Parliament

16th December 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of and Schedule 3 to the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, extent and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1993, shall apply to Scotland only and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Fees

2.  The fees payable under the enactments specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the certificates described in column 2 of that Schedule shall be the amounts specified in column 4 thereof (the amounts previously prescribed(2) are specified in column 3 of that Schedule).

Revocation

3.  The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1992(3) is hereby revoked.

Fraser of Carmyllie

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th December 1993

Article 2

SCHEDULE

1	2	3	4
Enactment	Type of Certificate etc.	Fee formerly payable	Fee payable on and from 1st April 1994
	£	£
Savings Bank Act 1887 (c. 40), section 10	Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts	5.50	7.00
Factories Act 1961 (c. 34) section 178(1)	Certified extract of entry in register of births, for purposes of that Act	5.50	7.00
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 124(3)	Certified copy of entry of particulars of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts	5.50	7.00
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44), section 84(1)	Certified copy of entry in register of births, for purposes of certain Acts	5.50	7.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Scotland only, sets out, with effect from 1st April 1994, the fee payable for a certificate of birth, death or marriage issued for special purposes under certain statutory provisions. The fee is increased as at that date from £5.50 to £7.00. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1992 is revoked.

(1)

1968 c. 14; Schedule 3 was amended by section 4 of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6) and by section 136(2) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44).

(2)

S.I. 1992/3216.

(3)

S.I. 1992/3216.