The Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2014

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2014/1789
Year2014

2014No. 1789

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2014

7thJuly2014

10thJuly2014

1stSeptember2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(1) and 258(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ("the Act")( 1), and now vested in her( 2), makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st September 2014.

Fees payable

2. In respect of the matters set out in column 1 of Schedule 1, the fee specified in column 3 is payable to the person specified in column 4.

Revocations

3. The following Orders are revoked-

(a) the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2005( 3);(b) the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Order 2005( 4);(c) the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2010( 5);(d) the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012( 6).

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

7th July 2014

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Fee payable for-

Fee payable up until 1st September 2014

Fee payable from 1st September 2014

Fee payable to-

1.

Attestation by an authorised person( 7) of the necessary declaration( 8)

£35.00

£35.00

The registration authority( 9) to which a notice of proposed civil partnership ("the notice") is given( 10)

2.

Attendance of an authorised person at a place other than one provided by the registration authority, for the purpose of attesting the necessary declaration under-

The registration authority to which the notice is given

a) the procedure for house-bound persons; or

£46.00

£47.00

b) the procedure for detained persons( 11)

£67.00

£68.00

3.

Attestation by an authorised person of the necessary declaration under the special procedure( 12)

£3.00

£3.00

The registration authority to which the notice is given

4.

Application to shorten the waiting period( 13)

£28.00

£28.00

The Registrar General ( 14)

5.

Issue of Registrar General's licence( 15)

£15.00

£15.00

The Registrar General

6.

Signing by the civil partnership registrar( 16) of the civil partnership schedule( 17)

£45.00

£46.00

The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar

7.

Attendance of the civil partnership registrar for the purpose of signing the civil partnership schedule under-

The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar

a) the procedure for house-bound persons

£79.00

£81.00

b) the procedure for detained persons

£86.00

£88.00

8.

Attendance of the civil partnership registrar in whose presence the Registrar General's licence is signed

£2.00

£2.00

The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar

9.

For a certified copy( 18) issued by a registration authority-

The registration authority

a) when application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership

£4.00

£4.00

b) in any other case

£10.00

£10.00

10.

For a certified extract( 19) issued by a registration authority-

The registration authority

a) when application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership

£4.00

£4.00

b) in any other case

£10.00

£10.00

11.

For a certified copy or certified extract issued by the Registrar General( 20)

£9.25

£9.25

The Registrar General

12.

On giving notice to a registration authority under the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005, article 17(2) (certificate of no impediment)( 21)

£35.00

£35.00

The registration authority

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order consolidates all previous statutory instruments made under section 34(1) of the Act.

In addition, it increases some of the fees payable from 1st September 2014 in relation to the registration of civil...

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