Statutory Instruments
FEES AND CHARGES
Made
8th September 2003
Laid before Parliament
9th September 2003
Coming into force
1st October 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“Department” means the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and
“Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002(2) implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations, and which are also used in the Principal Regulation, shall have the meaning they bear in that Regulation.
3. The fees specified in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby prescribed as the fees payable in connection with the services provided by the Department in pursuance of the United Kingdom’s Community obligations arising from Article 12 of the Principal Regulation, each fee specified in column 2 of that Schedule being the fee payable in connection with the service specified alongside that fee in column 1 of that Schedule.
4. A fee payable under regulation 3 above shall be paid to the Department at the same time that the application to which it relates is made to the Department.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Denis MacShane
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
15th August 2003
We consent to the making of these Regulations
N R Ainger
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th September 2003
Regulation 3
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Description of Service | Fee |
1. Issue of a Community Certificate accompanying a shipment with a declared value of up to US$10,000 | £5 per certificate |
2. Issue of a Community Certificate accompanying a shipment with a declared value of between US$10,001 and US$100,000 | £10 per certificate |
3. Issue of a Community Certificate, accompanying a shipment with a declared value above US$100,000 | £15 per certificate |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe fees to be paid to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in connection with the issue of certificates by the Department in pursuance of the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 (“the Principal Regulation”) implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds. The fees prescribed are in connection with the issue of Community Certificates under Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations. Copies of this assessment may be obtained from the Government Diamond Office, United Nations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH.
OJ No. L358/28, 31.12.02.