Fees2

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.