The Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 92

Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages,etc.

The Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Made

4th March 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

5th March 2010

Coming into force

1st April 2010

The Registrar General makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1) and 19(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977(1) and sections 88(2) and 95(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(2) and all other powers enabling him to do so.

The Scottish Ministers(3) have approved the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 25(1) of the 1977 Act and section 126(3) of the 2004 Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st April 2010.

Amendments to the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

2.—(1) Schedule 3 to the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(4) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Part I (fees payable under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977), in column 3—

(a) for “£28.00” substitute “£30.00”; and

(b) for £50.00” substitute “£55.00”.

(3) In Part II (fees payable under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 – registration). in column 3—

(a) for “£28.00” substitute “£30.00”; and

(b) for “£50.00” substitute “£55.00”.

PAUL M PARR

Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

3rd March 2010

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

JIM MATHER

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th March 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend fees payable under the Registration Services (Fees, etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 in connection with services provided under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

They increase the fees payable for submission of a marriage notice (regulation 2(2)(a)) and for a civil marriage ceremony (regulation 2(2)(b)). They also increase the fees for submission of a notice of a proposed civil partnership (regulation 2(3)(a) and for civil partnership registration (regulation 2(3)(b)).

(1)

1977 c.15 (“the 1977 Act”); section 3(1) was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c.16), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; section 26 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

(2)

2004 c.33; section 126(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” and section 135 contains a definition of “Registrar General” relevant to the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Section 88(2) was substituted by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14).

(3)

The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1977 Act were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

(4)

S.S.I. 2006/575, as amended by S.S.I. 2007/531 and S.S.I. 2009/64.