The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1996

Made: 20th February 1996

Laid before Parliament: 7th March 1996

Coming into force: 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

Variation of fees

2

Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867[^f00002] shall be amended in accordance with article 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Order.

3

In relation to those matters in Schedule B which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the fees payable shall be varied by substituting the fees specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order for the fees specified in column 3 of that Schedule (being the fees payable immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order).

4

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1995[^f00003] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

1

On every patent of arms with supporters

2

On every patent of arms without supporters

3

On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent

4

On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent

5

On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters

6

On every genealogy recorded

7

Additional for each member of the pedigree

8

Certificate regarding change of surname

9

Search in register of arms

10

Search in register of genealogies

11

General search in heraldic MSS

12

General search in genealogical MSS

13

On every extract from a register

14

On entering a caveat

15

On admission of a messenger-at-arms

16

Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms

17

On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger

18

On search for a messenger’s cautioner

19

On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond

20

On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension—

• first sheet

21

On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept

22

On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates

23

On lending process and taking receipt

24

On return of process and scoring receipt

25

On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms

26

On the appointment of a herald

27

On the appointment of a pursuivant

Signed

George Kynoch — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 20th February 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the fees for matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867.

The matters concerned are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to the Order. Column 2 of the Schedule lists the new fees and column 3 lists the fees which are to be replaced. The fees were last varied in 1995 and the fees specified in this Order represent an increase on average of approximately 3%.

The fees contained in Schedule B to the 1867 Act are exclusive of stamp duty when stamp duty is exigible.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 14.

[^f00002]: 1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by S.I. 1995/132.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1995/132.

[^f00004]: This column shows the fees which were payable under Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 as amended by S.I. 1995/132 before the coming into force of the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/413) on 1st April 1996.