The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1992

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1992-01-22
Last updated 1993-04-01
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Made: 22nd January 1992

Laid before Parliament: 24th January 1992

Coming into force: 1st April 1992

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Citation and commencement

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Fees payable

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Revocation of Order

The provisions of this Order shall have effect in place of the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (No. 2) Order 1992[^f00003] (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column 5 of the Schedule to this Order) and that Order is accordingly revoked.

SCHEDULE — FEES PAYABLE

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Enactments specifying fees Matter for which fee is payable New fee Old fee
1855 c. 81 Places of Worship Registration Act 1855
Section 5 Certification of place of meeting for religious worship £15.00 £15.00
1887 c. 40 Savings Banks Act 1887
Section 10[^f00004] Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purpses of certain Acts £1.50 £1.50
1938 c. 69 Young Persons (Employment) Act Act 1938
Section 5 Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act £1.50 £1.50
1944 c. 31 Education Act 1944
Section 94(1) Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts £1.50 £1.50
1949 c. 76 Marriage Act 1949
Section 27(6) Entry in marriage notice book £16.00 £15.00
Section 27(7)[^f00005] Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purposes of being given notice of marriage of housebound or detained person £30.00 £29.00
Section 32(5)[^f00006] Licence for marriage £43.00 £42.00
Section 41(6)[^f00007] Registration of building for solemnization of marriages £88.00
nt£86.00
Section 51(1)[^f00008] Fees of registrar for attending marriage—
(i) at a register office £17.00 £16.00
(ii) at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £28.00 £27.00
Section 51(2)[^f00009] Fee for a superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides. £30.00 £29.00
Section 57(4)[^f00010] Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage £1.30 £1.20
Section 63(1)(b) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection—
(i) When application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar £2.00 £2.00
(ii) in any other case £5.50 £5.50
Section 64(2)(a) General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars £14.00 £14.00
Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £5.50 £5.50
Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office £5.50 £5.50
1950 c. 28 Shops Act 1950
Section 35(1) Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act £1.50 £1.50
1953 c. 20 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Section 13(2) Issue of certificate of baptism £1.00 £1.00
Section 30(2)(c) Certified copy of entry following search of indexes kept at General Register Office £5.50 £5.50
Section 31(2)(a) General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars £14.00 £14.00
Section 31(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £5.50 £5.50
Section 32(c) Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars £2.00 £2.00
Section 33(1) (i) Short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration, or if more than one such certificate is obtained, the first of these NIL NIL
(ii) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar £1.50 £1.50
(iii) A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar £2.50 £2.50
(iv) A short certificate of birth obtained from a Registrar General £3.50 £3.50
1961 c. 34 Factories Act 1961
Section 178(1) Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act £1.50 £1.50
1974 c. 46 Friendly Societies Act 1974
Section 106(2) and Schedule 5. paragraph 8 Certificate of birth or death for purposes of certain Acts £1.50 £1.50
1975 c. 14 Social Security Act 1975
Section 160(2)[^f00011] Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts £1.50 £1.50

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Stephen Dorrell — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, — 22nd January 1992

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 14; paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) and by paragraph 33 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18). By virtue of section 2(2) of the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) the reference to the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) in the said Schedule 3 includes a reference to that Act as amended by the 1983 Act.

[^f00002]: Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order (seeS.I. 1968/1699) transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State for Social Services and article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (seeS.I. 1988/1843) transferred certain of those functions, including those in relation to registgration of births, deaths and marriages to the Secretary of State for Health.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1990/2515.

[^f00004]: Section 10 was amended by Part III of Schedule 6 to the Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) and by Schedule 4 to the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c. 58) and is applied by regulation 32 of the Savings Certificates Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/641) and by regulation 25 of the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/765).

[^f00005]: Section 27(7) was inserted by paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00006]: Section 32(5) was amended by article 4(2) of the Registration of Births, Death and Marriages (Fees) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1342)

[^f00007]: Section 41(1) and (7) was amended as to the meaning of “building” by section 1(1) of the Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33).

[^f00008]: Section 51(1) was so numbered by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00009]: Section 51(2) was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00010]: Section 57(4) was amended by paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).

[^f00011]: Section 160 is applied by section 11 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act (c. 16) and section 9(1) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61).

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Editorial notes

[^key-382ea0baceb6d71a6c627d49d51b359f]: Order revoked (1.4.1993) by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (No. 2) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2982), art. 3 [Editorial note: No historical versions of this S.I.have been created prior to its revocation. Select the 'Original (As Made) version from the left-hand menu to see the document content as it originally stood]

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