The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2017

Citation and commencement U.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2017, see reg. 1

Fees U.K.

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the fees to be charged for authenticated copies or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office are to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule.

(2) In the Schedule—

(a) where a fee is prescribed by reference to a period of time, the whole fee is payable in respect of a partially completed period;

(b) where a fee is prescribed for a copy of an image by reference to a specified size, the size is that of the image to be copied and not that of the copy;

(c) where a fee is prescribed for a copy or photograph of a page of a record, the fee is payable for a copy or photograph of each side of a page which forms a record or part of a record;

(d) all fees are exclusive of value added tax.

(3) The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where, in the Keeper of Public Records’s opinion, the service performed or to be performed has been, or is likely to be, exceptionally simple.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2017, see reg. 1

Revocation U.K.

3.  The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2015(1) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2017, see reg. 1

Karen Bradley

Secretary of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

1st March 2017

We concur.

David Evennett

Andrew Griffiths

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

6th March 2017