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Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Section 47 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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47.—(1) There shall be payable for or in respect of—
(a)examination of a particular entry in a register, and searches in indexes of registers;
(b)certified copies and certificates relating to any entries in registers;
(c)any functions performed by any [F1person] under Article 37;
[F2(cc)applications under Article 40B;]
(d)furnishing information for the purposes of any statutory provision specified in Schedule 1;
[F3(da)documents supplied under section 30 of the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;
(db)entries made in the Record of Northern Ireland Connections under section 31 of that Act;]
fees of such amounts as may be prescribed under this Article.
[F4(2) The Department may by order prescribe the fees payable for the purposes of paragraph (1); but no order shall be made under this paragraph unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Assembly.]
(3) Where any fee is prescribed under this Article, then it shall not be lawful for any person to demand or receive, in respect of any transaction to which that fee relates, any sum in excess of the prescribed fee other than a sum equal to the amount of any expenditure properly incurred in the carrying out of that transaction.
(4) Except as may be prescribed [F5the Registrar General or] a registrar may refuse to comply with any application made to him under this Order [F6or the Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011] until the prescribed fee is paid to him; and any such fee shall be a debt recoverable summarily by the [F7person] to whom it is payable.
F1Word in art. 47(1)(c) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(2)(a), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F2Art. 47(1)(cc) inserted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(2)(b), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F3Art. 47(1)(da)(db) inserted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(2)(c), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F4SI 1999/663
F5Words in art. 47(4) inserted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(3)(a), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in art. 47(4) inserted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(3)(b), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F7Word in art. 47(4) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 22(3)(c), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
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