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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 330

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

15th September 1998

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Coming into operation

1st November 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees, etc.) Act (Northern Ireland) 1955(1) as modified by section 9 of the Marriage Act 1983(2) and now vested in me(3) and in exercise of the powers in Article 47(1) and (2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(4) and Article 15 of the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(5) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1998.

Fees payable

2.  The fee payable under a statutory provision specified in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column 2 shall be the fee specified in relation to it in column 3.

Fees under the Marriage Act 1983

3.—(1) Any fee payable under any provision of the Marriage Act 1983 specified in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of any matter specified in relation to it in column 2 shall be payable by the person who gives notice of intention to marry under section 3(2) of that Act, except that no such fee shall be payable by any person who is in receipt of benefit under section 122(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(6).

(2) Any fee payable by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be payable to the Registrar General.

Revocation

4.  The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995(7) is hereby revoked.

Marjorie Mowlam

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

15th September 1998

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULEFees Payable

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Statutory ProvisionServiceNew FeeOld Fee
£ p£ p
Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844 (c. 81)
Section 7Registration of meeting house25·003·50
Section 8Minister’s licence for marriage10·5010·50
Section 10Entry by minister in marriage notice book8·504·50
Section 14Entry by registrar in marriage notice book8·504·50
Section 16Certificate of entry of notice in marriage notice book5·503·00
Section 21Registrar’s licence for marriage10·5010·50
Section 27Registration of place of public religious worship for solemnization of marriages25·003·50
Section 28Registration of substituted place of public religious worship for solemnization of marriages25·003·50
Section 31Marriage solemnized by licence in presence of registrar12·5011·00
Marriage solemnized by certificate in presence of registrar12·5011·00
Section 68Search in register book:
In respect of each year or part thereof to which the search extends3·002·00
Certified copy of entry therein4·004·00
Section 69Searches in registrar’s office in indexes of register books:
General search (to include 4 verifications)6·00 (1·00 for each further verification)5·50
Particular search3·002·00
Certified copy of any entry in register book4·004·00
Section 70General search of indexes (to include 4 verifications)6·00 (1·00 for each further verification)5·50
Particular search3·002·00
Certified copy of an entry in register4·004·00
Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1863 (c. 27)
Section 12Registration of place of public worship25·003·50
Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act 1863 (c. 90)
Section 17General search of indexes (to include 4 verifications)6·00 (1·00 for each further verification)5·50
Particular search3·002·00
Certified copy of an entry in register4·004·00
Section 18Searches in registrar’s office in indexes of register books:
General search (to include 4 verifications)6·00 (1·00 for each further verification)5·50
Particular search3·002·00
Certified copy of an entry in register book4·004·00
Section 19Search in registrar’s office in register book:
In respect of each year or part thereof to which the search extends3·002·00
Certified copy of an entry in register book4·004·00
Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 (c. 110)
Section 35Licence for marriage10·5010·50
Entry in marriage notice book8·504·50
Savings Banks Act 1887 (c. 40)
Section 10Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts3·002·00
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees, etc.) Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 29) (NI)
Section 2(1)For the purposes of the enactments specified in the Second Schedule to that Act.
Certified copy of entry3·002·00
Section 2(2)Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in the Second Schedule to that Act3·002·00
Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I. 14)
Article 34(3) and (4)General search of indexes (to include 4 verifications)6·00 (1·00 for each further verification)5·50
Particular search3·002·00
Certified copy of any entry in register4·004·00
Article 37(5)Entering, under Article 37(2), baptismal or other name (given after registration of birth)9·502·00
Recording under Article 37(3) or (4), change of name or surname20·00 (10·00 for second or subsequent members of the family)9·50
Article 38Search in register in registrar’s office3·002·00
Certified copy of entry in register4·004·00
Article 40Short Birth Certificate:
First copy issued at time of registration of the birthNilNil
Particular search3·00Nil
Any copy issued thereafter4·004·00
Article 42(1)For the purposes of the Enactments specified in Schedule 1 to that Order but not the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (N.I. 13) or the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46)
Certified copy of entry3·002·00
For the purposes of the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and the Friendly Societies Act 1974
Certified copy of entry4·004·00
Article 42(3)Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in Schedule 1 to that Order3·002·00
Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32)
Section 3(2)Attendance of Registrar of Marriages at a person’s residence for the purpose of taking notice of intended marriage18·0016·00
Section 4Issue of Registrar General’s licence10·5010·50
Section 5Attendance of Registrar of Marriages at a person’s residence for the purpose of solemnization18·0016·00
Section 5Solemnization by Registrar of Marriages8·507·00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the various fees payable under the Births, Deaths and Marriages enactments relating to:

(a)licences and other preliminary proceedings for marriage;

(b)registration for marriage purposes of meeting houses and other places of worship; and

(c)registration of births, deaths and marriages.

The order makes provision for the person by whom and to whom fees are payable for services under the Marriage Act 1983 and exempts any person in receipt of income support from payment for those services.

(3)

By Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 76) s. 40 Sch 5 para 4(2)

(5)

S.I. 1976/1212 (N.I. 21) as amended by the Trustee Savings Bank Act 1985 c. 58 s.s. 4(3), 7(3) Sch 4