Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3498
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2001
Made
31st October 2001
Coming into force
30th November 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980( 1 ) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 30th November 2001.
2. The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999( 2 ) shall be amended as follows—
(a) paragraph (e) of Article 2 shall be deleted and replaced by the following paragraphs—
“ (e) “fast-track service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made;
(f) “premium service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within twenty four hours of that application having been made;
(g) “replacement passport” means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto or in order to replace a passport that has been lost, damaged or is otherwise unavailable for use. ”
(b) for Fees 12 to 16, set out in Part II of the table of consular fees in the Schedule to that Order, there shall be substituted the following—
“ 12. Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable— (a) for applications made by post in the UK (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over | 30.00 |
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 16.00 |
(b) for applications made in person in the UK (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over | 45.00 |
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 31.00 |
(c) for applications made abroad (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over | 49.00 |
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 29.00 |
13. Issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable— (a) for applications made by post in the UK | 40.00 |
(b) for applications made in person in the UK | 55.00 |
(c) for applications made abroad | 60.00 |
14. Issuing a collective passport— (a) for applications made by post in the UK | 42.00 |
(b) for applications made in person in the UK | 57.00 |
(c) for applications made abroad | 50.00 |
15. Amending or extending an existing passport (a) for applications made by post in the UK | 18.00 |
(b) for applications made in person in the UK | 33.00 |
(c) for applications made abroad | 40.00 |
16. Extending a passport to 10 years validity where the holder was under 16 years of age at the time of issue of the existing passport and the passport was issued for an initial 5 year period before 26th March 1998— (a) for postal applications in the UK | 0.00 |
(b) for applications made in person in the UK | 15.00 |
(c) for applications made abroad | 0.00 |
16A. In addition to Fee 12, 13, 15, or 16, whichever is appropriate to the application in question— (a) issuing a passport on an application made using the fast-track service | 15.00 |
(b) issuing a passport on an application made using the premium service | 30.00 ” |
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
S.I. 1999/3132 .