Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 798
Diplomatic Service
The Consular Fees Order 2012I1,I2,I3,I4
Made
14th March 2012
Coming into force
6th April 2012
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of March 2012
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on 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 ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 2012 and comes into force on 6th April 2012.
2. In this Order—
“consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);
“consular employee” means any person in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“consular premises” means the building or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“direct costs” means expenses that are incidental to the performance of a service, such as the cost of posting documents to a customer’s home address or travel costs;
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“overseas service” in relation to legalisation means the service for the processing by consular officers at consular posts of applications made in person;
“premium service” in relation to legalisation means the same day service for the processing by a London legalisation office dedicated for companies, solicitors and notaries of applications made in person;
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“standard service” in relation to legalisation means the twenty-four hours service for the processing by the main legalisation office at Milton Keynes, of applications made in person at that office and the processing by that office of postal applications within a reasonable time period.
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3. The fees set forth in the table in [F3Part 1F3] of Schedule 1 to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by [F4marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 or registration officers under the Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law (No. 2) Order 2014F4] in the execution of each of their functions specified in [F3that tableF3] .
4. The statutory instruments listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked by this Order.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 3
SCHEDULE 1
PART 1 [F5TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEES I5
| Fee | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I. LEGALISATION | |||
| [F6 1. | Legalising a signature or seal— | ||
| (i) | Standard Service in the UK | 45.00 | |
| (ii) | Standard service in the UK (Next Day) | 40.00 | |
| (iii) | Digital (e-Apostille) | 35.00 | |
| (iv) | Urgent Service in the UK | 100.00 | |
| (v) | Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 40.00F6] | |
| II. NOTARIAL AND RELATED MATTERS | |||
| 2. | Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this table | ||
| (i) | in English | 50.00 | |
| (ii) | in any other language | 50.00 | |
| 3. | Signing a declaration of existence (except if required by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom) | 25.00 | |
| 4. | Administering an oath, declaration or affirmation | 50.00 | |
| 5. | Witnessing a signature | 25.00 | |
| 6. | Certifying a copy of a document | 25.00 | |
| 7. | Uniting documents and Marking of Exhibits | 25.00 | |
| 8. | Supplying certified copies of documents which form part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890 and 1913, for each page | 50.00 | |
| III. NATIONALITY | |||
| 9. | Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981 | 100.00 | |
| IV. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND DEATHS | |||
| 10. | Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship | 50.00 | |
| 11. | Issuing a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist, or issuing any local equivalent document for an intended marriage or overseas relationship in accordance with local law | ||
| (i) | in English | 50.00 | |
| (ii) | in any other language | 50.00 | |
| 12. | Solemnising and administering oaths for consular marriage; or registering [F7 a civil partnership;F7] or converting a civil partnership into marriage [F8 ; or converting a marriage into a civil partnership under Part 4 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020”.F8] | 150.00 | |
| 13. | Administering an application for the registration of a birth or a death | 150.00 | |
| 14. | Making an addition to or correction in the consular register as necessary | 25.00 | |
| 15. | Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register | 50.00 | |
| 16. | Making a search in | ||
| (i) the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships where the number or date of entry is not provided | 50.00 | ||
| (ii) the naturalisation, registration or renunciation records kept by a consular officer | 50.00 | ||
| V. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | |||
| 17. | Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document (including effecting service of a document in relation to proceedings in which state immunity is in issue), and returning any evidence received of service or attempted service of a document (provided by [F9 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeF9] in proceedings where state immunity is in issue) | 150.00 | |
| VI. MARITIME SERVICES | |||
| 18. | Providing or administering a service not otherwise covered in this Schedule in relation to shipping, seamen and related matters, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any | 150.00 | |
| VII. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE | |||
| 19. | Administering an application for, and, if successful providing, an Emergency Travel Document [F10 (in addition to direct costs, if any)F10] | [F11 125.00F11] | |
| 20. | Exceptionally, administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document [F12 (in addition to direct costs, if any)F12] | [F13 125.00F13] | |
| 21. | Arranging, exceptionally, for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds | ||
| (i) £0.01-£99.99 | 10.00 | ||
| (ii) £100.00-£499.99 | 25.00 | ||
| (iii) £500.00or more | 50.00 | ||
| VIII. OTHER SERVICES | |||
| 22. | Providing the services of a consular officer or a consular employee in relation to any other service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any | 150.00F5] | |
| [F14 IX. MULTILINGUAL STANDARD FORMS | |||
| 23. | Issuing a multilingual standard form | 11.00F14] | |
F15PART 2 TABLE OF CONSULAR FEES RELATING TO PASSPORT SERVICES
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Article 4
SCHEDULE 2 I6
| Statutory Instruments revoked | References |
|---|---|
| Consular Fees Order 2011 | S.I. 2011/738 |
| Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2011 | S.I. 2011/1691 |