Scottish Statutory Instruments
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
Made
23rd February 2009
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
24th February 2009
Coming into force
1st April 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2009 and comes into force on 1st April 2009.
(2) In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.
2. The enactments in column 1 are amended by increasing the sum specified by that enactment as the amount or maximum amount payable in respect of the matter described in column 2 from the sum shown in column 3 to the sum shown in column 4.
3. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002(2) is revoked.
JIM MATHER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House Edinburgh
23rd February 2009
Article 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enactment | Matter | Sum specified as amount or maximum amount payable on and after 1st October 2002 | Sum specified as amount or maximum amount payable on and after 1st April 2009 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Savings Bank Act 1887 (c. 40), section 10 and 10B(3) | Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts | 8.50 | 9.00 |
| Factories Act 1961 (c. 34), section 178(1) | Certified extract of entry in register of births, for purposes of that Act | 8.50 | 9.00 |
| Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 124(3) and 124B(1)(4) | Certified copy of entry of particulars of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts | 8.50 | 9.00 |
| Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44), section 84(1) | Certified copy of entry in register of births, for purposes of certain Acts | 8.50 | 9.00 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the sum specified as the amount or maximum amount payable under certain statutory provisions for a certificate of birth, death or marriage issued for the purposes of certain Acts. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002 is revoked.
1968 c. 14. Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 3 was relevantly amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), section 136(2) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to, the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44) and section 53(3) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
Section 10 was amended by section 94 of, and Part III of Schedule 6 to, the Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) and by sections 4(3) and 7(3) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Trustee Savings Bank Act 1985 (c. 58) and is applied by regulation 26 of the Savings Certificates Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1031) and regulation 25 of the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/765). Section 10B was inserted by article 4(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129) and amended by section 53(1) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”).
Section 124(1), to which section 124(3) refers, was amended by section 41(4) of, and paragraph 59 of Schedule 2 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18). Section 124B(1) was inserted by article 4(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129) and amended by section 53(2) of the 2006 Act.