Statutory Instruments
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
29th November 1988
Laid before Parliament
14th December 1988
Coming into force
1st April 1989
1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
2. The fees payable under each of the enactments specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the matters specified in column 3 shall be the fees specified in relation thereto in column 4 and each of those enactments shall have effect accordingly.
3. The provisions of this Order shall have effect in place of the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1988(3) (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column 5 of the Schedule to this Order) and that Order is accordingly revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Edwina Currie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
29th November 1988
Article 2
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enactment specifying fees | Matter for which fee is payable | New fee | Old fee | |
| 1855 c.81 | Places of Worship Registration Act 1855
| Certification of place of meeting for religious worship | £13.00 | £12.00 |
| 1887 c.40 | Savings Banks Act 1887
| Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1938 c.69 | Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938
| Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1944 c.31 | Education Act 1944
| Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1949 c.76 | Marriage Act 1949
| Entry in marriage notice book | £11.50 | £10.00 |
| Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purpose of being given notice of marriage of housebound or detained person | £25.00 | £24.00 | |
| Licence for marriage | £33.00 | £28.00 | |
| Registration of building for solemnization of marriages | £75.00 | £70.00 | |
| Fee of registrar for attending marriage- | |||
(i)at a register office | £13.00 | £12.00 | ||
(ii)at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £22.00 | £21.00 | ||
| Fee of a superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £25.00 | £24.00 | |
| Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage | £1.20 | £1.20 | |
| Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection- | |||
(i)when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar | £2.00 | £2.00 | ||
(ii)in any other case | £5.00 | £5.00 | ||
| General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars | £12.00 | £12.00 | |
| Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £5.00 | £5.00 | |
| Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £5.00 | £5.00 | |
| 1950 c.28 | Shops Act 1950
| Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1953 c.20 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
| Issue of certificate of baptism | £1.00 | £1.00 |
| Certified copy of entry following search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £5.00 | £5.00 | |
| General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars | £12.00 | £12.00 | |
| Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £5.00 | £5.00 | |
| Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars | £2.00 | £2.00 | |
| (i)Short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration, or if more than one such certificate is obtained, the first of these | NIL | NIL | |
(ii)Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar | £1.50 | £1.50 | ||
(iii)A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar | £2.50 | £2.50 | ||
(iv)A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General | £3.00 | £2.50 | ||
| 1961 c.34 | Factories Act 1961
| Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1974 c.46 | Friendly Societies Act 1974
| Certificate of birth or death for purposes of certain Acts | £1.50 | £1.50 |
| 1975 c.14 | Social Security Act 1975
| Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts | £1.50 | £1.50 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the fees payable for the year beginning 1st April 1989 under the Acts relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages and associated matters.
The fees increased are those payable under section 5 of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855, sections 27(6) and (7), 32(5), 41(6) and 51(1) and (2) of the Marriage Act 1949 and section 33(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General; otherwise the fees payable from 1st April 1989 are the same as those payable before.
1968 c. 14; paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) and by paragraph 33 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18). By virtue of section 2(2) of the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) the reference to the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) in the said Schedule 3 includes a reference to that Act as amended by the 1983 Act.
See the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2 (transferring all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State).
S.I. 1988/165.
Section 10 was amended by Part III of Schedule 6 to the Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) and by Schedule 4 to the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c. 58) and is applied by regulation 32 of the Savings Certificates Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/641) and by regulation 25 of the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/765).
Section 27(7) was inserted by paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 32(5) was amended by article 4(2) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1242).
Section 51(1) was so numbered by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 51(2) was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 57(4) was amended by paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).
Section 160 is applied by section 11 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 (c. 16) and section 9(1) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61).