The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 305 (S.24)

ARMORIAL BEARINGS, ENSIGNS AND FLAGS

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1992

Made

14th February 1992

Laid before Parliament

2nd March 1992

Coming into force

1st April 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of 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 and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

Variation of fees

2.  Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867(2) shall be amended in accordance with article 3 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, this Order.

3.—(1) In relation to those matters in Schedule B which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, the fees payable shall be varied by substituting the fees specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 for the fees specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 (being the fees payable immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order).

(2) In relation to those matters in Schedule B which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, fees shall cease to be payable (the fees payable immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order being shown in column 2 of Schedule 2).

4.  The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1991(3) is hereby revoked.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th February 1992

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Matter to which fee relates)	(Fee payable)	(Fee formerly payable)(4)
	£	£
On every patent of arms with supporters	626.00	602.00
On every patent of arms without supporters	389.00	374.00
On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent	213.00	205.00
On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent	160.00	154.00
On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters	450.00	433.00
On every genealogy recorded	132.00	127.00
Additional for each member of the pedigree	5.00	4.50
Certificate regarding change of surname	47.00	45.00
Search in register of arms	5.00	4.50
Search in register of genealogies	7.50	7.00
General search in heraldic MSS	41.00	40.00
General search in genealogical MSS	41.00	40.00
On every extract from a register	10.00	9.00
On entering a caveat	27.00	26.00
On admission of a messenger-at-arms	142.00	137.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms	23.00	22.00
On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger	5.00	4.50
On search for a messenger’s cautioner	4.50	4.00
On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond	7.50	7.00
On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension, first sheet	10.00	9.00
On ditto, each subsequent sheet	5.00	4.50
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept	10.00	9.00
On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates	10.00	9.00
On lending process and taking receipt	5.00	4.50
On return of process and scoring receipt	5.00	4.50
On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms	27.00	26.00
On the appointment of a herald	10.50	10.00
On the appointment of a pursuivant	10.50	10.00

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 2

Column 1	Column 2
(Matter to which fee related)	(Fee formerly payable)(5)
	£
On renewal of a messenger’s bond of caution	37.00
On each petition or paper lodged in a process against a messenger	7.00
On each interlocuter in a process against a messenger	7.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees for those matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 which are specified in Schedule 1 to the Order. The fees were last increased in 1991. These fees are exclusive of stamp duty when stamp duty is exigible.

The Order also provides that for those matters listed in Schedule B to the 1867 Act which are specified in Schedule 2 to the Order, fees shall cease to be payable.

(1)

1968 c. 14.

(2)

1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by S.I. 1991/274.

(3)

S.I. 1991/274.

(4)

This column shows the fees which were payable under Schedule B to 1867 c. 17 as amended by S.I. 1991/274 before the coming into force of the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/305) on 1st April 1992.

(5)

This column shows the fees which were payable under Schedule B to 1867 c. 17 as amended by S.I. 1991/274.