The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Conversion of Civil Partnership and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016

4.—(1) The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 in the definition of “relevant information”—

(a) in paragraph (d) for “section 63(1)” substitute “section 53D(10)(b)”(2);

(b) in paragraphs (e) and (f) omit “or certified extract”.

(3) In regulation 3A(5) in the definition of “category A fee”—

(a) in paragraph (a) for “row 12A” insert “row 16ZA”;

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“(aa) the fee specified in column 3 of row 16ZB;”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (fees payable) in the table—

(a) in row 2, in column 2 for “Entry in marriage notice book—” substitute “Recording a notice of marriage—”;

(b) after row 11 insert—

“11A	Marriage Act 1949 section 53D(10)(b)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy of an entry in the marriage register obtained from a registrar	£11.00	The registrar
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy of an entry in the marriage register obtained from a registrar	£35.00	The registrar”

(c) omit rows 12A and 13;

(d) in row 14, in column 2 after “indexes of” insert “the entries in the marriage register and of the”;

(e) in row 15, in column 2 in (a) and (b) for “from the register kept by the superintendent registrar” substitute “in the marriage register or a marriage register book, obtained from a superintendent registrar”;

(f) in row 16, in column 2 in (a) and (b) for “certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General” substitute “a certified copy of an entry in the marriage register or in a certified copy of a marriage register book, obtained from the Registrar General”;

(g) after row 16 insert—

“16ZA	Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 regulation 11K(3)	Correction of an error in an entry in a marriage register book (other than an error caused by a registrar when entering particulars in that marriage register book) where an application is made to a superintendent registrar under regulation 11K(1) of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015	£90.00	The superintendent registrar
16ZB	Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 regulation 11L	Correction of an error in an entry in the marriage register (other than an error caused by a registrar when entering particulars in the register) where an application is made to a superintendent registrar under regulation 11L(2) of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015	£90.00	The superintendent registrar”

(h) in row 36, in column 2 in (a) and (b) omit “or certified extract”;

(i) in row 37, in column 2—

(i) in (a), omit “or a certified extract”;

(ii) in (b), for “or certified extract of an entry in the conversion register” substitute “of an entry in the civil partnership register”;

(j) in row 51, in column 2—

(i) in (a)(i)—

(aa) for “the information” substitute “information”;

(bb) for “, the marriage register” substitute “and marriage register books”;

(cc) at the end insert “, or in the entries in the marriage register”;

(ii) in (a)(ii)—

(aa) for “the information” substitute “information”;

(bb) for “, the marriage register” substitute “and marriage register books”;

(cc) for “and the civil partnership register” substitute “, or in the entries in the marriage register”;

(iii) in (a)(iii)—

(aa) for “the information” substitute “information”;

(bb) for “and the marriage register” substitute “and marriage register books”;

(iv) in (b)(i)—

(aa) for “the information” substitute “information”;

(bb) for “, the marriage register” substitute “and marriage register books”;

(cc) at the end insert “, or in the entries in the marriage register”;

(v) in (b)(ii)—

(aa) for “the information” substitute “information”;

(bb) for “, the marriage register” substitute “and marriage register books”;

(cc) at the end insert “, or in the entries in the marriage register”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/911; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/947, 2018/1268, 2020/1093.

(2)

Section 53D of the Marriage Act 1949 was inserted by regulation 7 of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021.

(3)

S.I. 2015/207, amended by S.I. 2021/412; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.