Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 3076
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
ENGLAND AND WALES
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2002
Made
11th December 2002
Laid before Parliament
13th December 2002
Coming into force
1st April 2003
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968( 1 ) and now vested in him( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
(2) In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.
Fees payable
2. In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4).
Revocations
3.The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1999( 3 ) and the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2000( 4 ) are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Ruth Kelly
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
11th December 2002
Article 2
SCHEDULE FEES PAYABLE FROM 1st APRIL 2003
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enactment specifying fees | Matter or case for which fee is payable | Fee payable | Old fee (where different) | |
| 1855 c. 81 | Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 | |||
| Section 5 | Certification of place of meeting for religious worship | £28.00 | ||
| 1887 c. 40 | Savings Banks Act 1887 | |||
| Section 10( 5 ) | Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts obtained | |||
(i) from a registrar | £3.50 | |||
(ii) from any other person having the care of the register | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
| 1949 c. 76 | Marriage Act 1949 | |||
| Section 27(6) | Entry in marriage notice book | £30.00 | ||
| Section 27(7)( 6 ) | Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purpose of being given notice of marriage of house-bound or detained person | £40.00 | ||
| Section 31(5F)( 7 ) | Application to reduce the 15 day period | £28.00 | ||
| Section 41(6)( 8 ) | Registration of buildings for solemnization of marriages | £120.00 | ||
| Section 51(1)( 9 ) | Fee of registrar for attending marriage— | |||
(i) at register office | £34.00 | |||
(ii) at registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £40.00 | |||
| Section 51(2)( 10 ) | Fee of superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides | £40.00 | ||
| Section 57(4)( 11 ) | Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage | £2.00 | ||
| Section 63(1)(b) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection— | |||
(i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar | £3.50 | |||
(ii) in any other case | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
| Section 64(2)(a) | General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars | £18.00 | ||
| Section 64(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £7.00 | £6.50 | |
| Section 65(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £7.00 | £6.50 | |
| 1953 c. 20 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 | |||
| Section 13(2) | Issue of certificate of baptism | £1.00 | ||
| Section 30(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry, following search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £7.00 | £6.50 | |
| Section 31(2)(a) | General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars | £18.00 | ||
| Section 31(2)(c) | Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection | £7.00 | £6.50 | |
| Section 32(c) | Certified copy of entry in registers kept by by registrars | £3.50 | ||
| Section 33(1) | (i) A short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration, or if more than one such certificate is obtained, the first of these | NIL | ||
(ii) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar | £3.50 | |||
(iii) A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar | £5.50 | £5.00 | ||
(iv) A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the register of live-births( 12 ) | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
(v) A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General | £5.50 | £5.00 | ||
| 1961 c. 34 | Factories Act 1961 | |||
| Section 178(1) | Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act issued by | |||
(i) a registrar | £3.50 | |||
(ii) a superintendent registrar | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
| 1992 c. 5 | Social Security Administration Act 1992 | |||
| Section 124 (3)( 13 ) | Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts issued by | |||
(i) a registrar | £3.50 | |||
(ii) a superintendent registrar | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
(iii) any other custodian of the register | £7.00 | £6.50 | ||
| 1996 c. 56 | Education Act 1996 | |||
| Section 564(1) | Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts issued by | |||
(i) registrar | £3.50 | |||
(ii) a superintendent registrar | £7.00 | £6.50 |
1968 c. 14 ; paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by section 116(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to, the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) , and by section 4 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6) , and also by section 582(1) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 37 to, the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) . By virtue of section 2(2) of the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) the reference to the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) in the said Schedule 3 includes a reference to that Act as amended by the 1983 Act.
References to “the Chancellor of the Exchequer” were substituted in the second column of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the 1968 Act by article 5(1) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to, the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273 ).
S.I. 1999/3311 .
S.I. 2000/3165 .
Section 10 was amended by section 94 of, and Part III of Schedule 6 to, the Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) and by sections 4(3) and 7(3) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c. 58) and is applied by regulation 26 of the Savings Certificates Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1031 ) and by regulation 25 of the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/765 ). For persons other than a registrar having care of the register see in relation to marriage certificates section 63(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) and in relation to birth and death certificates section 30(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20) .
Section 27(7) was inserted by section 1(7) of, and paragraph 5(c) of, Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 31(5F) was inserted by section 160(6) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) .
Section 41(1) and (7) was amended as to the meaning of “building” by section 1(1) of the Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33) .
Section 51(1) was so numbered by section 1(7) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 51(2) was inserted by section 1(7) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage Act 1983.
Section 57(4) was amended by section 251 of, and paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) .
See section 1(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
Subsection (1) to which section 124(3) refers, was amended by section 41(4) of, and paragraph 59 of Schedule 2 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) .