The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1992

Made: 4th December 1992

Coming into force: 1st January 1993

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(5) of the Public Records Act 1958[^f00001] and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

2

• (1) Subject to the following provision, the fees to be charged for the authentica tion of copies of or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office shall be those set out in column A of the Schedule to these Regulations in place of those set out, where these are at present applicable, in column B.

• (2) The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed by him is likely to include any research in consequence of a postal inquiry or has been or is likely to be exceptionally simple.

3

The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1990[^f00002] are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Authentication of copies of records

1

For the authentication of a copy of a record or of an extract from a record, in addition to the charge for the copy, for each sheet

Attendance at a court

2

For attendance by an officer of the Public Record Office at any court, in addition to the actual travelling expenses properly incurred, for each day or part of a day

Research

3

For any piece of Census research among the Census records in the Public Record Office undertaken in consequence of a postal inquiry

Supervision of camera crews and outside photographers

4

For the supervision by an officer of the Public Record Office for each hour or part of an hour

• (i) of camera crews filming

Preparation of records for exhibition

5.1

For the preparation of records for display at exhibitions outside the Public Record Office)enrule;

• (i) For documents up to 851 mm by 603 mm

5.2

For the making of perspex or other special mounts, in addition to the actual costs of material properly incurred, for each hour of staff time

5.3

For the repair of documents to a standard appropriate for exhibition or reproduction, in addition to the costs of preparing them for display, for each hour of staff time

Seals

6.1

For the making of casts of seals from an existing rubber mould, for each side of the seal—

• (i) Seals up to 50 mm in diameter

• Resin

6.2

For the making of casts of seals for which no rubber mould exists, for each side of the seal—

• (i) Seals up to 50 mm in diameter

• Resin

Microfilms of records

7.1

For 35 mm silver duplicate microfilm of records, where there is no existing negative film—

• (i) at a rate of 120 frames per hour

• Per exposure

7.2

For 35 mm silver duplicate microfilm of records, where there is no existing negative film, supplied for commercial purposes

• (i) at a rate of 120 frames per hour

• Per exposure

7.3

For 35 mm silver duplicate microfilm from existing negative film

• (i) For each reel of 30.5 m of consecutive frames

7.4

For 35 mm diazo duplicate microfilm from existing negative film

• (i) For each reel of 30.5 m of consecutive frames

Microfiche copies of records

8.1

For diazo microfiche of records, where there is no existing negative microfiche

• Per frame

8.2

For diazo microfiche of records, where there is no existing negative microfiche, supplied for commercial purposes

• Per frame

8.3

For diazo duplicate microfiche from existing masters

• Per fiche

8.4

For diazo duplicate microfiche supplied for commercial purposes, from existing masters

• Per fiche

Electrostatic copies of records

9.1

For direct copies from original documents

• A3 sheet per print

9.2

For prints from existing microfilm

• Per print

9.3

For prints from microfilm where no negative exists—

• (i) Filmed at a rate of 18 frames per hour or more

• Per print

9.4

For prints from existing microfilm (self-service)

• Per print

Bromide prints from microfilm

10

For bromide prints from microfilm

• (i) 8 inches by 10 inches

• Per print

Miscellaneous reprographic charges

11.1

Work requiring special attention or any reprographic service not otherwise mentioned in this schedule and which the Public Record Office is able to undertake

• Per hour of staff time

11.2

Work requiring special attention or any reprographic service not otherwise mentioned in this schedule, which the Public Record Office is able to undertake and supply for commercial purposes

• Per hour of staff time

11.3

Handling charge

• Per document or film

11.4

Packing

• Per package in addition to any postal charges properly incurred

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 1st December 1992

We concur,

Tim Wood — Greg Knight — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 4th December 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations revoke the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1990 and prescribe a fresh range of fees to be charged for authentication of copies of records and for other services provided by the Public Record Office. The new fees result from a full recosting of each service provided by the Public Record Office rather than the application of an across the board increase to existing fee levels. In addition the fees have been restructured so as more accurately to reflect both the nature of the services the Public Record Office now provides and the way in which they are now offered. In consequence some of the new fees have no direct equivalent which can be shown in the old fee column in the Schedule to the Regulations. In addition, photographs of records and the hand colouring of maps are services no longer offered; and so the charges previously levied for them have been omitted from these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1958 c. 51.