SCHEDULE 1Fees Payable
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enactment | Fee payable for – | Amount of fee – | Fee payable to – | |
1 | Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 section 5 | Certification of place of meeting for religious worship | £29.00 | The superintendent registrar |
2 | Marriage Act 1949 section 27(4)17 | Entry in marriage notice book— | ||
(a) where both parties to the proposed marriage are exempt persons within the meaning of section 49 of the Immigration Act 201418 | £35.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(b) in any other case | £47.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
3 | Marriage Act 1949 section 26(1)(dd)19 | Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at that superintendent registrar’s office for purpose of being given notice of marriage— | ||
(a) of a house-bound person | £47.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(b) of a detained person | £68.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
4 | Marriage Act 1949 section 31(5A)20 | Application to reduce the 28 day waiting period | £28.00 | The Registrar General |
5 | Marriage Act 1949 section 41(1) | Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman— | ||
(a) where the building is already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 194921 | £64.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(b) where the building is not already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949 | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
6 | Marriage Act 1949 section 43A(2)22 | Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples where— | ||
(a) the building is already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 194923 | £64.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(b) the building is not already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949 | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
7 | Marriage Act 1949 sections 41(1) and 43A(2) | Joint application for the registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman and of same sex couples24 | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar |
8 | Marriage Act 1949 section 44(2)(a) | Registrar attending marriage at a registered building | £86.00 | The registrar |
9 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45(1)25 | Registrar attending marriage at a register office | £46.00 | The registrar |
10 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(2) and 45A(3)26 | Registrar attending marriage— | ||
(a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides | £81.00 | The registrar | ||
(b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides | £88.00 | The registrar | ||
11 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(3) | Superintendent registrar attending marriage— | ||
(a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides | £84.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides | £94.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
12 | Marriage Act 1949 section 57(1) | Sum paid by superintendent registrar upon the delivery under section 57(1) of a certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book | £2.00 | The incumbent or the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book27 |
13 | Marriage Act 1949 section 6328 | Certified copy of entry in a marriage register book29— | ||
(a) when application is made at the time of registration | £4.00 | The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book, or registrar providing the copy | ||
(b) when application is made to a registrar after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
(c) in any other case | £10.00 | The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, or authorised person with custody of the marriage register book | ||
14 | Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2)30 | General search of indexes of marriage register books kept by superintendent registrars | £18.00 | The superintendent registrar |
15 | Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2) | Certified copy of an entry from the register kept by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
16 | Marriage Act 1949 section 65(2)31 | (a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
(b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
17 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 13(2)32 | Issue of certificate of baptism where child’s name altered or given | £1.00 | The person who performed the rite of baptism or who has custody of the baptismal record and who issues the required certificate |
18 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 30(2)33 | (a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
(b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
19 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2)34 | General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrar | £18.00 | The superintendent registrar |
20 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2) | Certified copy of an entry in the register kept by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
21 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 3235 | Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars issued— | ||
(a) at the time of registration | £4.00 | The registrar | ||
(b) after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
22 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 33(1)36 | (a) One short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration | NIL | N/A |
(b) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar at the time of registration | £4.00 | The registrar | ||
(c) A short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
(d) A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
(e) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the register of live births | £9.25 | The Registrar General | ||
(f) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the register of live births | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
(g) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General | ||
(h) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
23 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 2(2)37 | Entry of notice of marriage to be solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence | £3.00 | The superintendent registrar |
24 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 7 | Issue of Registrar General’s licence for marriage to be solemnized on the authority of that licence | £15.00 | The Registrar General |
25 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 10(2) | Attendance at a marriage solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence by— | ||
(a) a registrar | £2.00 | The registrar | ||
(b) a superintendent registrar | £2.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
26 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a)38 | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar in whose presence the Registrar General’s licence is signed | £2.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
27 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a) and section 18(3)39 | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar for the purpose of signing the civil partnership schedule under the procedure for house-bound persons | £81.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
28 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a) and section 19(3)40 | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar for the purpose of signing the civil partnership schedule under the procedure for detained persons | £88.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
29 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(3)(b)41 | Signing by the civil partnership registrar of the civil partnership schedule | £46.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
30 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) | Attestation by an authorised person42 of the necessary declaration at a place provided by the registration authority – | The registration authority43 to which a notice of proposed civil partnership is given | |
(a) where both parties to the proposed civil partnership are exempt persons within the meaning of section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014 | £35.00 | |||
(b) in any other case | £47.00 | |||
31 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) and section 18(3) | Attendance of an authorised person at a place other than one provided by the registration authority, for the purpose of attesting the necessary declaration under the procedure for house-bound persons | £47.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
32 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) and section 19(3) | Attendance of an authorised person at a place other than one provided by the registration authority, for the purpose of attesting the necessary declaration under the procedure for detained persons | £68.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
33 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 sections 8(3) and 21(3) | Attestation by an authorised person of the necessary declaration under the special procedure | £3.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
34 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 12(1)44 | Application to shorten the waiting period in relation to a notice of proposed civil partnership45 | £28.00 | The Registrar General |
35 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 25(2) | Issue of Registrar General’s licence | £15.00 | The Registrar General |
36 | Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 200546 regulation 13(2) | A certified copy47 or certified extract48 of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
37 | Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 regulation 14(2) | A certified copy or a certified extract of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by a registration authority— | ||
(a) when the application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership | £4.00 | The registration authority | ||
(b) in any other case | £10.00 | The registration authority | ||
38 | Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 article 17(1) and (2)49 | On giving the required notice50 to a registration authority for an application for a certificate of no impediment | £35.00 | The registration authority |
39 | Presumption of Death Act 2013 paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 | Certified copy of an entry in the Register of Presumed Deaths | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
40 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 201451 regulation 6 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the standard procedure | £45.00 | The superintendent registrar |
41 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 7 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the procedure for housebound persons | £99.00 | The superintendent registrar |
42 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 8 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the procedure for detained persons | £117.00 | The superintendent registrar |
43 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 9 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the special procedure | £15.00 | The superintendent registrar |
44 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulations 10 and 1152 | The first stage of the procedure for conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the two stage procedure for conversion on secular premises53 | £27.00 | The superintendent registrar to whom the information is given |
45 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulations 10 and 1254 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the two stage procedure for conversion on religious premises55— | ||
(a) for the first stage of the procedure56 | £27.00 | The superintendent registrar to whom the information is given | ||
(b) for the second stage of the procedure 57 | £91.00 | The superintendent registrar in whose registration district the conversion is taking place | ||
46 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 18(4) | A certified copy of the entry relating to the marriage in the conversion register provided to the parties at the time of the conversion (once the conversion has been registered) | £4.00 | The superintendent registrar |
47 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 23(2) | A certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
48 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 24(2) | A certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion records issued by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
SCHEDULE 2REVOCATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
PART 1Revocations
1
The instruments specified in column 1 of the table below, with the reference in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table, are revoked.
Column 1 Instrument title | Column 2 Reference |
|---|---|
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2010 | |
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012 | |
The Register of Presumed Deaths (Fees) Regulations 2014 | |
The Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2014 | |
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2014 | |
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages and Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2015 |
PART 2Amendments
The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 20142
1
The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 201458 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation), before the entry for “registered building” insert—
“appropriate fee” means the fee payable by virtue of regulations made under section 71A of the Marriage Act 1949;
3
For regulation 4(2)(d) (application for registration of a building) substitute—
d
pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.
4
For regulation 10(2)(b) (modification of procedure for joint applications under section 41 and section 43A), substitute—
b
the applicant must pay the fee payable by virtue of regulations made under section 71A of the Act for a joint application made under section 41(1) and 43A of the Act, but the fee under regulation 4(2)(d) does not apply.
The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 20143
1
The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation), before the entry for “authorised person” insert—
“appropriate fee” means the fee set out in the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016;
3
For regulation 6(1)(d) (standard procedure for conversion) substitute—
d
the parties must pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.
4
For regulation 7(3)(e) (procedure for housebound persons) substitute—
e
the parties must pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.
5
For regulation 8(3)(e) (procedure for detained persons) substitute—
e
the parties must pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.
6
For regulation 9(2)(c) (the special procedure) substitute—
c
pay the appropriate fee to the superintendent registrar.
7
In regulation 10(2)(d) (the two stage procedure), for “fee of £27.00” substitute “appropriate fee”.
a
For regulation 11(5) (conversion on secular premises) substitute—
5
The fee for a conversion on secular premises referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and (3)—
a
is payable to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the conversion is to take place; and
b
is of an amount to be determined by the authority as reasonably representing all the costs to it of providing a superintendent registrar to attend at the conversion.
8
In regulation 12 (conversion on religious premises)—
a
in paragraph 12(2)(a) before “fee for a conversion” insert “appropriate”;
b
in paragraph (3) before “fee” insert “appropriate”; and
c
omit paragraph (4).
9
Omit regulations 15 (waiver of fees) and 16.
10
In regulation 18(4) (duty to register marriage resulting from conversion), for “a fee of £4.00” substitute “the appropriate fee”.
11
In regulation 23(2) (searches of indexes of conversion records kept by the Registrar General and issue of copies), for “fee of £9.25” substitute “appropriate fee”.
12
In regulation 24(2) (searches of indexes of conversion records kept by the superintendent registrar and issue of copies), for “fee of £10.00” substitute “appropriate fee”.
The Registration of Marriages Regulations 20154
In regulation 9(5) of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 201559, for “an order under section 31(5F) of the Act”, substitute “regulations made under section 71A of the Act”.