The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2818 (S. 217)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1991

Made

12th December 1991

Laid before Parliament

20th December 1991

Coming into force

1st April 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of and Schedule 3 to the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, extent and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1991, shall apply to Scotland only and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

Fees

2.  The fees payable under the enactments specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the certificates described in column 2 of that Schedule shall (in place of the amounts previously prescribed which are specified in column 3 thereof(2) be respectively the amounts specified in column 4 thereof.

Revocation

3.  The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1990(3) is hereby revoked.

Michael B. Forsyth

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th December 1991

Article 2

SCHEDULE

1	2	3	4
Enactment	Type of certificate etc.	Fee formerly payable	Fee payable on and from 1st April 1992
		£	£
Savings Banks Act 1887 c. 40), section 10	Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts	4.00	5.00
Shops Act 1950 (c. 28), section 35	Certified copy of entry in register of births, for purposes of that Act	4.00	5.00
Factories Act 1961 (c. 34), section 178(1)	Certified extract of entry in register of births, for purposes of that Act	4.00	5.00
Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46), section 106 and Schedule 5, paragraph 8	Certificate of birth or death, for purposes of certain Acts	4.00	5.00
Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14), section 160(2)	Certified copy of entry of particulars of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts	4.00	5.00
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44), section 84(1)	Certified copy of entry in register of births, for purposes of certain Acts	4.00	5.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Scotland only, sets out, with effect from 1st April 1992, the fee payable for a certificate of birth, death or marriage issued for special purposes under certain statutory provisions. The fee is increased as at that date from £4.00 to £5.00. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1990 is revoked.

(1)

1968 c. 14; Schedule 3 was amended by section 116(1) of and paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46), by section 1(3) of and paragraph 33 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18) and by section 136(2) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44).

(2)

Column 3 of the Schedule shows the amounts payable under S.I. 1990/2637 revoked by these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1990/2637.