The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Fees Regulations

2.—(1) The Fees Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3(2) substitute—

“(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the person specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of any particular fee payable to that person may reduce, waive or refund part or all of that fee on the grounds—

(a) that requiring payment of the fee would cause hardship to the person required to make payment;

(b) of compassion; or

(c) of error otherwise than on the part of the person required to make payment.

(3) No reduction, waiver or refund may be made in respect of a fee to which regulation 3A applies without the consent of the Registrar General.”.

(3) After regulation 3 insert—

“Transmission of part of fees to Registrar General

3A.— (1) This regulation applies to a category A fee, a category B fee or a category C fee (and referred to in this regulation as “a relevant fee”).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), on each occasion where the superintendent registrar, registrar or registration authority (as the case may be) is paid a relevant fee, that person must pay to the Registrar General on demand, in respect of each—

(a) category A fee, a part in the amount of £58.00;

(b) category B fee, a part in the amount of £47.00;

(c) category C fee, a part in the amount of £40.00.

(3) Where a relevant fee has been reduced or partially refunded pursuant to regulation 3(2), the amount payable to the Registrar General under paragraph (2) is reduced by the same proportion by which the relevant fee was reduced.

(4) Amounts payable to the Registrar General under this regulation which remain unpaid after the expiry of a period of 28 days commencing with the date of demand are recoverable as debts due to the Crown.(5) In this regulation—

“category A fee” means—

(a)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 12A;

(b)

the second fee specified in column 3 of row 17A;

(c)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 37A,

of the table in Schedule 1;

“category B fee” means—

(a)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 22C;

(b)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 22D,

of the table in Schedule 1;

“category C fee” means—

(a)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 4;

(b)

the fee specified in column 3 of row 34,

of the table in Schedule 1.(1).”(1).

(4) The Schedule (amendments to the table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations) has effect.

(1)

Rows 12A, 17A, 22C, 22D and 37A of the table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations are inserted by the Schedule to these Regulations.