LegalizeThe Registration of Civil Partnerships (Fees) Order 2014
Made: 7th July 2014
Laid before Parliament: 10th July 2014
Coming into force: 1st September 2014
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Citation and commencement
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Fees payable
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
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| 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 of the necessary declaration at a place provided by the registration authority— | The registration authority to which a notice of proposed civil partnership (“the notice”) is given | ||
| (a) where both parties to the proposed civil partnership are exempt persons within the meaning of section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014 | £35.00 | £35.00 | ||
| (b) in any other case | N/A | £47.00 (fee payable from 2nd March 2015) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2. | a) the procedure for house-bound persons; or | £46.00 | £47.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 2. | b) the procedure for detained persons[^f00011] | £67.00 | £68.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 3. | Attestation by an authorised person of the necessary declaration under the special procedure[^f00012] | £3.00 | £3.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 4. | Application to shorten the waiting period[^f00013] | £28.00 | £28.00 | The Registrar General [^f00014] |
| 5. | Issue of Registrar General’s licence[^f00015] | £15.00 | £15.00 | The Registrar General |
| 6. | Signing by the civil partnership registrar[^f00016] of the civil partnership schedule[^f00017] | £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 | ||
| 7. | a) the procedure for house-bound persons | £79.00 | £81.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 7. | b) the procedure for detained persons | £86.00 | £88.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 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[^f00018] issued by a registration authority— | The registration authority | ||
| 9. | a) when application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership | £4.00 | £4.00 | The registration authority |
| 9. | b) in any other case | £10.00 | £10.00 | The registration authority |
| 10. | For a certified extract[^f00019] issued by a registration authority— | The registration authority | ||
| 10. | a) when application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership | £4.00 | £4.00 | The registration authority |
| 10. | b) in any other case | £10.00 | £10.00 | The registration authority |
| 11. | For a certified copy or certified extract issued by the Registrar General[^f00020] | £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)[^f00021] | £35.00 | £35.00 | The registration authority |
Signed
James Brokenshire — Minister of State — Home Office — 7th July 2014
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2004 c. 33.
[^f00002]: Functions previously conferred on the Chancellor of the Exchequer in section 34(1) were transferred by articles 3(1) and 5(1) of, and paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 2 to, the Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678).
[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/1996.
[^f00004]: S.I. 2005/3167.
[^f00005]: S.I. 2010/440.
[^f00006]: S.I. 2012/761.
[^f00011]: The procedures for house-bound and detained persons are set out in sections 18 and 19 of the Act respectively.
[^f00012]: See section 21 of the Act.
[^f00013]: See sections 11 and 12 of the Act.
[^f00014]: See section 30 of the Act for the meaning of “Registrar General”.
[^f00015]: See section 25 of the Act.
[^f00016]: See section 29 of the Act for the meaning of “civil partnership registrar”.
[^f00017]: See section 14 of the Act for the meaning of “civil partnership schedule”.
[^f00018]: “Certified copy” is defined in regulation 2(1) of, and is issued by a registration authority in accordance with regulations 14 to 16 of, the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3176).
[^f00019]: “Certified extract” is defined in regulation 2(1) of, and is issued by a registration authority in accordance with regulations 14 to 16 of those Regulations.
[^f00020]: Certified copies and certified extracts are issued by the Registrar General in accordance with regulations 13, 15 and 16 of those Regulations.
[^f00021]: S.I. 2005/2761; article 17(2) was amended by article 6 of S.I. 2014/1107.
Editorial notes
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