Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 709
Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales
The Civil Registration Fees (Data-Sharing) Regulations 2018
Made
12th June 2018
Laid before Parliament
15th June 2018
Coming into force
6th July 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19B(1A), (2), (3) and (5)(a) of the Registration Service Act 1953( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Registration Fees (Data-Sharing) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 6th July 2018.
Fees
2. —(1) A fee is payable for the work of civil registration officials in making a disclosure of information under section 19AA( 2 ) of the 1953 Act.
(2) The fee is payable to the civil registration official making the disclosure.
(3) The fee is payable by the—
(a) specified public authority( 3 ), or
(b) civil registration official,
to whom the disclosure of information is made.
(4) Where the disclosure is made by—
(a) the Registrar General, a fee of £52 per hour of work by a civil registration official applies;
(b) a civil registration official other than the Registrar General, a fee of £57 per hour of work by a civil registration official applies.
(5) A civil registration official may reduce, waive or refund part or all of any fee payable under this regulation to them on the grounds—
(a) of public interest, or
(b) that, in the opinion of the civil registration official, it is just and equitable to do so.
Caroline Nokes
Minister of State
Home Office
12th June 2018
1953 c. 37 ; section 19B was inserted by the Immigration Act 2016 (c.19) , section 89(1) and Schedule 15, Part 1, paragraph 3, and amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30) , section 46(2).
Section 19AA was inserted by the Digital Economy Act 2017, section 46(2).
“Specified public authority” is defined in the Registration Service Act 1953, section 19AB(1).