The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) and Multilingual Standard Forms Regulations 2018

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE Amendments to the table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations

1.  The table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations (fees payable) is amended as follows.

2.  For row 13 substitute—

“(1) Section 63 was amended by the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1242), and by paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.”
“13.	Marriage Act 1949 section 63(1)	(a) Standard service for certified copy of entry in a marriage register book obtained from a registrar	£11.00	The registrar providing the copy
		(b) Priority service for certified copy of entry in a marriage register book obtained from a registrar	£35.00	The registrar providing the copy
		(c ) Certified copy of entry in a marriage register book	£11.00	The parochial church council of the parish registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, or authorised person with custody of the marriage register book

3.  In row 15, in column 3 (amount of fee), for “£10.00” substitute “£11.00”.

4.  In row 16, column 3 –

(i) For “£9.25” substitute “£11.00”;

(ii) For “£23.40” substitute “£35.00”.

5.  In row 18, in column 3—

(i) for “£9.25” substitute “£11.00”;

(ii) for “£23.40” substitute “£35.00”.

6.  For rows 20 to 22 substitute—

“(1) Section 33(1) was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.”
“20	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2)	(a) Standard service for certified copy of an entry in the register kept by the superintendent registrar	£11.00	The superintendent registrar
		(b) Priority service for certified copy of an entry in the register kept by the superintendent registrar	£35.00	The superintendent registrar
21	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 32	(a) Standard service for certified copy of an entry in registers kept by registrars	£11.00	The registrar
		(b) Priority service for certified copy of an entry in registers kept by registrars	£35.00	The registrar
22	Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 33(1)(1)	(a) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar or superintendent registrar	£11.00	The registrar or superintendent registrar providing the certificate
		(b) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar or superintendent registrar	£35.00	The registrar or superintendent registrar providing the certificate
		(c) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General	£11.00	The Registrar General
		(d) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General	£35.00	The Registrar General

7.  For row 36, substitute—

“36	Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 regulation 13(2)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy or certified extract of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by the Registrar General	£11.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy or certified extract of an entry in the civil partnership register obtained from the Registrar General	£35.00	The Registrar General”

8.  For row 37 substitute—

“37.	Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 regulation 14(2)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy or a certified extract of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by a registration authority	£11.00	The registration authority
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy or certified extract of an entry in the conversion register issued by a registration authority	£35.00	The registration authority”

9.  In row 39, in column 3, for “£9.25” substitute “£11.00”.

10.  Omit row 46.

11.  For row 47 substitute—

“47.	The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 23(2)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the Registrar General	£11.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the Registrar General	£35.00	The Registrar General”

12.  For row 48 substitute—

“(1) Regulation 24(2) was amended by S.I. 2016/911.”
“48.	The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 24(2)(1)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the superintendent registrar	£11.00	The superintendent registrar
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the superintendent registrar	£35.00	The superintendent registrar

13.  After row 48, insert—

“(1) S.I. 2015/50.
(2) S.I. 2016/980. Regulation 6 previously prescribed the fees for provision of portable document format copies of records held by the Registrar General and was revoked and re-enacted in these Regulations.”
“49	The Gender Recognition Register (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2015 regulation 13(1)	(a) Standard service for a certified copy of an entry made in Gender Recognition Marriage Register	£11.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy of an entry made in Gender Recognition Marriage Register	£35.00	The Registrar General
50	The Gender Recognition Register (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2015 regulation 18	(a) Standard service for a certified copy of an entry made in the Gender Recognition Civil Partnership Register	£11.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Priority service for a certified copy of an entry made in the Gender Recognition Civil Partnership Register	£35.00	The Registrar General
51	Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016 regulations 2, 3 and 4(2)	(a) Where the entry is a copy of a record (in portable document format) which is held in a digital format—
		(i) standard service for a copy of a record, in portable document format, of the information contained in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries in the birth register, the death register, the marriage register and copies of entries in the conversion of civil partnerships register	£7.00	The Registrar General
		(ii) expedited service for a copy of a record, in portable document format, of the information contained in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries in the birth register, the death register, the marriage register and copies of entries in the conversion register and the civil partnership register	£45.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Where the information is held in a non-digital format—
		(i) standard service for a copy of a record, in portable document format, of the information contained in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries in the birth register, the death register, the marriage register and copies of entries in the conversion register	£8.00	The Registrar General
		(ii) expedited service for a copy of a record, in portable document format, of the information contained in the Registrar General’s certified copies of entries in the birth register, the death register, the marriage register and copies of entries in the conversion of civil partnerships register	£45.00	The Registrar General
52	The Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016 regulation 2	(a) Standard service for a copy of an entry in portable document format of the information contained in the civil partnership register	£7.00	The Registrar General
		(b) Expedited service for a copy of an entry in portable document format in the civil partnership register	£45.00	The Registrar General