Consular Salaries and Fees Act 1891
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1891 c. 36 |
Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891.
(54 & 55 Vict.) CHAPTER 36.
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Salaries and Fees of Consular Officers.
[21st July 1891]
B E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Salaries of consular officers.
(1)1.—(1.) There may be granted to a consular officer, out of money provided by Parliament, such remuneration and allowance for expenses as may from time to time be fixed by a Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury.
(2) (2.) Such remuneration and allowance shall be received by a consular officer so long only as he actually discharges the duties of his office: Provided that if a consular officer is absent from his post with the sanction of the Secretary of State, he may receive the whole or such part of the remuneration or allowance accruing during his leave of absence as the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury may by regulation direct.
2 Power to fix consular fees.
(1)2.—(1.) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by Order in Council, to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a consular officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees, and to create new fees.
(2) (2.) All such fees shall be levied, accounted for, and applied, and may be remitted, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury.
(3) (3.) A consular officer shall not, save as may be provided by any Order in Council under this Act, ask for or take any fee or reward for or on account of any act, thing, or service done, performed, or rendered by him in the execution of his office, and if he does, he shall, without prejudice to any other liability, be liable for each offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, recoverable in the High Court, by information on the part of Her Majesty's Attorney General.
(4) (4.) Tables of the fees which may, for the time being, be taken under any Order in Council issued in pursuance of this Act shall be published and exhibited in a conspicuous manner for the inspection of all persons at the custom, houses of the United Kingdom; and a printed copy thereof shall be given by every chief...
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