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The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016

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2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;

“the 1953 Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;

a “priority service” is a service provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General—

(a)

by giving the relevant information and paying the correct fee by—

(i)

attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 and 16:00 hours on a working day; or

(ii)

post, telephone, or electronic means which is received by the Registrar General before 16:00 hours on a working day; and

(b)

where the document applied for is normally provided on or before the next working day by sending by first class post or to a person attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 hours and 16:00 hours;

“relevant information” means—

(a)

in the case of a short certificate of birth provided under section 33(1) of the 1953 Act, the particulars prescribed by regulation 63 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987(1);

(b)

in the case of a certified copy of an entry provided under section 65(2)(2) of the 1949 Act or section 30(2)(3) of the 1953 Act, either a reference number relating to an index kept by the Registrar General under section 65(1) of the 1949 Act or section 30(1) or (1A) of the 1953 Act corresponding to the certified copy for which the application is made, or sufficient information which allows the Registrar General to establish such reference number;

a “standard service” is a service—

(a)

provided to a person who makes an application to the Registrar General by giving the relevant information and paying the correct fee by—

(i)

attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 and 16:00 hours on a working day; or

(ii)

post, telephone, or electronic means which is received by the Registrar General before 16:00 hours on a working day; and

(b)

where the document applied for is normally provided—

(i)

in a case where the application includes a reference to the number relating to the index kept by the Registrar General under section 65(1) of the 1949 Act or section 30(1) or (1A)(4) of the 1953 Act, on or before the 4th working day after the working day on which such application is made; or

(ii)

in a case where that application does not include such a reference number, on or before the 15th working day after the working day on which such application is made,

by sending by second class post or to a person attending in person at the General Register Office between 10:00 hours and 16:00 hours; and

“working day” means a day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(5) in England and Wales.

(1)

S.I. 1987/2088. Regulation 63 was amended by the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2165).

(2)

Section 65(2) was amended by section 23(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37) and by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 8 and 17 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.

(3)

Section 30(2) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, paragraphs 21 and 23(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.

(4)

Subsection (1A) was inserted by section 108 of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Children Act 1975 (c. 72).

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