The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2016
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 2016
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 6th April 2016.
Amendment of the Consular Fees Order 20122.
(1)
(2)
In article 2 omit the definition of “the appropriate Registrar General”.
(3)
“TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEES
Fee
£
I. LEGALISATION
1.
Legalising a signature or seal—
(i)
Standard service (in addition to direct costs, if any)
30.00
(ii)
Premium service (in addition to direct costs, if any)
75.00
(iii)
Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any)
30.00
II. NOTARIAL AND RELATED MATTERS
2.
Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this table
(i)
in English
50.00
(ii)
in any other language
50.00
3.
Signing a declaration of existence (except if required by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom)
25.00
4.
Administering an oath, declaration or affirmation
50.00
5.
Witnessing a signature
25.00
6.
Certifying a copy of a document
25.00
7.
Uniting documents and Marking of Exhibits
25.00
8.
50.00
III. NATIONALITY
9.
Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 19815100.00
IV. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND DEATHS
10.
Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship
50.00
11.
Issuing a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist, or issuing any local equivalent document for an intended marriage or overseas relationship in accordance with local law
(i)
in English
50.00
(ii)
in any other language
50.00
12.
Solemnising and administering oaths for consular marriage; or registering or converting a civil partnership into marriage
150.00
13.
Administering an application for the registration of a birth or a death
150.00
14.
Making an addition to or correction in the consular register as necessary
25.00
15.
Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register
50.00
16.
Making a search in
(i) the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships where the number or date of entry is not provided
50.00
(ii) the naturalisation, registration or renunciation records kept by a consular officer
50.00
V. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
17.
Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document (including effecting service of a document in relation to proceedings in which state immunity is in issue), and returning any evidence received of service or attempted service of a document (provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in proceedings where state immunity is in issue)
150.00
VI. MARITIME SERVICES
18.
Providing or administering a service not otherwise covered in this Schedule in relation to shipping, seamen and related matters, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any
150.00
VII. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
19.
Administering an application for, and, if successful providing, an Emergency Travel Document
100.00
20.
Exceptionally, administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document
75.00
21.
Arranging, exceptionally, for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds
(i) £0.01-£99.99
10.00
(ii) £100.00-£499.99
25.00
(iii) £500.00or more
50.00
VIII. OTHER SERVICES
22.
Providing the services of a consular officer or a consular employee in relation to any other service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any
150.00”
This Order amends the Consular Fees Order 2012. The Order substitutes a new Table of General Consular Fees in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Consular Fees Order 2012.
The new Table removes the fee for forwarding to the appropriate Registrar General a record of a marriage under local law or an overseas relationship as this service is no longer provided. Consequentially, the definition of “appropriate Registrar General” is omitted.
It simplifies the fees for services apart from legalisation so that they are £10, £25, £50, £100 and £150. There are new fees for all services apart from:
Legalisation
Administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document
Arranging for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds of £99.99 or less.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.