Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1017
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
6th April 2000
Coming into force
8th May 2000
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(3) of the Consular Fees Act 1980( 1 ), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes, with the approval of the Treasury, the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 8th May 2000.
2. The Consular Fees Regulations 1981( 2 ) shall be amended so that the following is substituted for Regulation 9:—
“ Application
9. —(1) Monies received in respect of fees shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any monies received in foreign currency shall be converted into sterling in a manner authorised by the Secretary of State. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Scotland of Asthal
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
3rd April 2000
We approve these Regulations
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th April 2000
S.I. 1981/476 .