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The Passport (Fees) Regulations 2018
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4.—(1) Any fee for arranging delivery of a passport in relation to an application made outside the United Kingdom must be waived where the delivery of the passport is to a British Forces Post Office address or a United Kingdom address and the applicant—
(a)is a member of, or attached to, Her Majesty’s armed forces or a dependant of such a person, and the application is made in accordance with the procedure whereby applications are checked and submitted to Her Majesty’s Passport Office by armed forces personnel who are nominated for that purpose; or
(b)is a member of, or attached to, Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, or a dependant of such a person, and the application has been made in that official capacity; or
(c)is an officer of Her Majesty’s Government, or a dependant of such a person, and the application has been made in that official capacity; or
(d)was born on or before 2nd September 1929.
(2) Any fee that is payable by virtue of these Regulations may be waived where the United Kingdom Government has activated Exceptional Assistance Measures overseas and the person required to pay the fee has been directly affected by the incident in relation to which the Exceptional Assistance Measures have been activated.
(3) Any fee that is payable by virtue of these Regulations may be waived where there is a crisis in the United Kingdom or overseas and the person paying the fee has been directly affected by the crisis.
(4) In this regulation—
“crisis” means an incident in which at least five British citizens have been killed or injured, or are in danger of being killed.
“Exceptional Assistance Measures” means measures activated in accordance with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office policy set out in the House of Commons written statement made on 10th December 2015: Exceptional Assistance Measures for Victims of Terrorist Incidents Overseas(1).
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Written statement - HCWS380.
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