The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1995
Citation and commencement1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2)
In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.
Fees Payable2.
In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4).
Revocation of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 19943.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health,
SCHEDULEFEES PAYABLE FROM 1ST APRIL 1996
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enactment specifying fees | Matter or case for which fee is payable | Fee as from 1st April 1996 | Old fee (where different) | |
Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 | ||||
Section 5 | Certification of place of meeting for religious worship | £17.00 | ||
Savings Banks Act 1887 | ||||
Section 104 | Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts | £2.00 | ||
Education Act 1944 | ||||
Section 94(1) | Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts | £2.00 | ||
Marriage Act 1949 | ||||
Section 27(6) | Entry in marriage notice book | £19.00 | ||
Section 27(7)5 | Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purpose of being given notice of marriage of house-bound or detained person | £37.00 | £35.00 | |
Section 32(5)6 | Licence for marriage | £45.00 | ||
Section 41(6)7 | Registration of buildings for solemnization of marriages | £93.00 | ||
Section 51(1)8 | Fee of registrar for attending marriage—
| £25.00 | £23.00 | |
(ii)at registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £35.00 | £33.00 | ||
Section 51(2)9 | Fee of superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £37.00 | £35.00 | |
Section 57(4)10 | Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage | £1.80 | ||
Section 63(1)(b) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection—
| £2.50 | ||
(ii)in any other case | £5.50 | |||
Section 64(2)(a) | General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars | £17.00 | £16.00 | |
Section 64(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £5.50 | ||
Section 65(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £6.00 | ||
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 | ||||
Section 13(2) | Issue of certificate of baptism | £1.00 | ||
Section 30(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry, following search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £6.00 | ||
Section 31(2)(a) | General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars | £17.00 | £16.00 | |
Section 31(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £5.50 | ||
Section 32(c) | Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars | £2.50 | ||
Section 33(1) | (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 | ||
(ii)Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar | £2.00 | |||
(iii)A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar | £3.00 | |||
(iv)A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General | £4.00 | |||
Factories Act 1961 | ||||
Section 178(1) | Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act | £2.00 | ||
Social Security Administration Act 1992 | ||||
Section 124(3) | Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts | £2.00 |
This Order specifies the fees payable under the Acts relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages and associated matters, from 1st April 1996.
Where fees have increased, the fees payable both before and after that date are set out in the Schedule.