Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 373
Diplomatic Service
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2016
Made
15th March 2016
Coming into force
6th April 2016
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 2016
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1), (4A) and (4B) of the Consular Fees Act 1980( 1 ) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 6th April 2016.
Amendment of the Consular Fees Order 2012
2. —(1)The Consular Fees Order 2012( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 omit the definition of “the appropriate Registrar General”.
(3) For the Table of General Consular Fees in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Consular Fees Order 2012 substitute—
“ TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEES
| Fee | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I. LEGALISATION | |||
| 1. | Legalising a signature or seal— | ||
| (i) | Standard service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 30.00 | |
| (ii) | Premium service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 75.00 | |
| (iii) | Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 30.00 | |
| 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 ( 3 ) and 1913 ( 4 ) , for each page | 50.00 | |
| III. NATIONALITY | |||
| 9. | Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981 ( 5 ) | 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 or converting a civil partnership into marriage | 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 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 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 | 100.00 | |
| 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 | 75.00 | |
| 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 | 150.00 ” | |
Ceri King
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
1980 c.23 . Subsections (4A) and (4B) were inserted by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Identity Documents Act 2010 (c.40) .
S.I. 2012/798 . The Table of General Consular Fees was substituted by S.I. 2013/535 .