The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2016/911
Year2016

2016 No. 911

Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales

Civil Partnership, England And Wales

The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016

Made 12th September 2016

Laid before Parliament 14th September 2016

Coming into force 5th October 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Places of Worship Registration Act 18551, sections 43D2, 71A3and 74(3)4of the Marriage Act 19495, sections 38A6and 39A7of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 19538, sections 34 and 36(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 20049, sections 15(4) and 19 of, and paragraph 6(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Presumption of Death Act 201310and section 9(1) and (4) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 201311.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 5th October 2016.

S-2 Interpretation

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;

“the 1953 Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;

a “priority service” is a service provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General—

(a) by giving the relevant information and paying the correct fee by—

(i) attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 and 16:00 hours on a working day; or

(ii) post, telephone, or electronic means which is received by the Registrar General before 16:00 hours on a working day; and

(b) where the document applied for is normally provided on or before the next working day by sending by first class post or to a person attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 hours and 16:00 hours;

“relevant information” means—

(a) in the case of a short certificate of birth provided under section 33(1) of the 1953 Act, the particulars prescribed by regulation 63 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 198712;

(b) in the case of a certified copy of an entry provided under section 65(2)13of the 1949 Act or section 30(2)14of the 1953 Act, either a reference number relating to an index kept by the Registrar General under section 65(1) of the 1949 Act or section 30(1) or (1A) of the 1953 Act corresponding to the certified copy for which the application is made, or sufficient information which allows the Registrar General to establish such reference number;

a “standard service” is a service—

(a) provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General by giving the relevant information and paying the correct fee by—

(i) attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 and 16:00 hours on a working day; or

(ii) post, telephone, or electronic means which is received by the Registrar General before 16:00 hours on a working day; and

(b) where the document applied for is normally provided—

(i) in a case where the application includes a reference to the number relating to the index kept by the Registrar General under section 65(1) of the 1949 Act or section 30(1) or (1A)15of the 1953 Act, on or before the 4th working day after the working day on which such application is made; or

(ii) in a case where that application does not include such a reference number, on or before the 15th working day after the working day on which such application is made,

by sending by second class post or to a person attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 hours and 16:00 hours; and

“working day” means a day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 197116in England and Wales.

S-3 Fees

Fees

3.—(1) In respect of the services or matters set out in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 (for which provision is made under the enactment specified in column 1) the fee specified in column 3 is payable to the person specified in column 4.

(2) In any case where it appears to the Registrar General that payment of the fee in row 24 would cause hardship to the parties to the intended marriage, the Registrar General may waive the fee in whole or in part.

S-4 Revocations and amendments

Revocations and amendments

4. Schedule 2 (revocations and amendments) has effect.

Robert Goodwill

Minister of State

Home Office

12th September 2016

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3

Fees Payable

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Enactment

Fee payable for –

Amount of fee –

Fee payable to –

1

Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 section 5

Certification of place of meeting for religious worship

£29.00

The superintendent registrar

2

Marriage Act 1949 section 27(4)17

Entry in marriage notice book—

(a) where both parties to the proposed marriage are exempt persons within the meaning of section 49 of the Immigration Act 201418

£35.00

The superintendent registrar

(b) in any other case

£47.00

The superintendent registrar

3

Marriage Act 1949 section 26(1)(dd)19

Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at that superintendent registrar’s office for purpose of being given notice of marriage—

(a) of a house-bound person

£47.00

The superintendent registrar

(b) of a detained person

£68.00

The superintendent registrar

4

Marriage Act 1949 section 31(5A)20

Application to reduce the 28 day waiting period

£28.00

The Registrar General

5

Marriage Act 1949 section 41(1)

Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman—

(a) where the building is already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 194921

£64.00

The superintendent registrar

(b) where the building is not already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949

£123.00

The superintendent registrar

6

Marriage Act 1949 section 43A(2)22

Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples where—

(a) the building is already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 194923

£64.00

The superintendent registrar

(b) the building is not already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949

£123.00

The superintendent registrar

7

Marriage Act 1949 sections 41(1) and 43A(2)

Joint application for the registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman and of same sex couples24

£123.00

The superintendent registrar

8

Marriage Act 1949 section 44(2)(a)

Registrar attending marriage at a registered building

£86.00

The registrar

9

Marriage Act 1949 section 45(1)25

Registrar attending marriage at a register office

£46.00

The registrar

10

Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(2) and 45A(3)26

Registrar attending marriage—

(a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides

£81.00

The registrar

(b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides

£88.00

The registrar

11

Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(3)

Superintendent registrar attending marriage—

(a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides

£84.00

The superintendent registrar

(b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides

£94.00

The superintendent registrar

12

Marriage Act 1949 section 57(1)

Sum paid by superintendent registrar upon the delivery under section 57(1) of a certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book

£2.00

The incumbent or the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book27

13

Marriage Act 1949 section 6328

Certified copy of entry in a marriage register book29

(a) when application is made at the time of registration

£4.00

The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book, or registrar providing the copy

(b) when application is made to a registrar after the time of registration

£7.00

The registrar

(c) in any other case

£10.00

The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, or authorised person with custody of the marriage register book

14

Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2)30

General search of indexes of marriage register books kept by superintendent registrars

£18.00

The superintendent registrar

15

Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2)

Certified copy of an entry from the register kept by the superintendent registrar

£10.00

The superintendent registrar

16

Marriage Act 1949 section 65(2)31

(a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office

£9.25

The Registrar General

(b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office

£23.40

The Registrar General

17

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 13(2)32

Issue of certificate of baptism where child’s name altered or given

£1.00

The person who performed the rite of baptism or who has custody of the baptismal record and who issues the required certificate

18

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 30(2)33

(a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office

£9.25

The Registrar General

(b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office

£23.40

The Registrar General

19

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2)34

General search of indexes kept by...

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