1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 30th July 2012.

2 Fees
1 The Schedule to these Regulations prescribes, subject to sub-paragraph (3), the fees to be charged for authenticated copies or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of the Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office.
2 In the Schedule—
(a) where a fee is prescribed by reference to a period of time, the whole fee is payable in respect of an uncompleted period;
(b) where a fee is prescribed for a copy of an image by reference to a specified size, the size is that of the image to be copied and not that of the copy;
(c) where a fee is prescribed for a copy or photograph of a page of a record, the fee is payable for a copy or photograph of each individual side of a page which forms a record or part of a record;
(d) all fees are exclusive of value added tax.
3 The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed or to be performed has been, or is likely to be, exceptionally simple.

3 Revocation
The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2005 are revoked.
S.I. 2005/471.
Kenneth Clarke Lord Chancellor 15th June 2012
Ministry of Justice Angela Watkinson James Duddridge Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th June 2012