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The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016
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SCHEDULE 1Fees Payable
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enactment | Fee payable for – | Amount of fee – | Fee payable to – | |
| 1 | Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 section 5 | Certification of place of meeting for religious worship | £29.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 2 | Marriage Act 1949 section 27(4)(1) | Entry in marriage notice book— | ||
| (a) where both parties to the proposed marriage are exempt persons within the meaning of section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014(2) | £35.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (b) in any other case | £47.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 3 | Marriage Act 1949 section 26(1)(dd)(3) | Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at that superintendent registrar’s office for purpose of being given notice of marriage— | ||
| (a) of a house-bound person | £47.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (b) of a detained person | £68.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 4 | Marriage Act 1949 section 31(5A)(4) | Application to reduce the 28 day waiting period | £28.00 | The Registrar General |
| 5 | Marriage Act 1949 section 41(1) | Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman— | ||
| (a) where the building is already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949(5) | £64.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (b) where the building is not already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949 | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 6 | Marriage Act 1949 section 43A(2)(6) | Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples where— | ||
| (a) the building is already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949(7) | £64.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (b) the building is not already registered under section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949 | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 7 | Marriage Act 1949 sections 41(1) and 43A(2) | Joint application for the registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman and of same sex couples(8) | £123.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 8 | Marriage Act 1949 section 44(2)(a) | Registrar attending marriage at a registered building | £86.00 | The registrar |
| 9 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45(1)(9) | Registrar attending marriage at a register office | £46.00 | The registrar |
| 10 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(2) and 45A(3)(10) | Registrar attending marriage— | ||
| (a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides | £81.00 | The registrar | ||
| (b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides | £88.00 | The registrar | ||
| 11 | Marriage Act 1949 section 45A(3) | Superintendent registrar attending marriage— | ||
| (a) at the place where the house-bound person or persons usually resides | £84.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (b) at the place where the detained person or persons usually resides | £94.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 12 | Marriage Act 1949 section 57(1) | Sum paid by superintendent registrar upon the delivery under section 57(1) of a certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book | £2.00 | The incumbent or the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book(11) |
| 13 | Marriage Act 1949 section 63(12) | Certified copy of entry in a marriage register book(13)— | ||
| (a) when application is made at the time of registration | £4.00 | The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book, or registrar providing the copy | ||
| (b) when application is made to a registrar after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
| (c) in any other case | £10.00 | The incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue, or authorised person with custody of the marriage register book | ||
| 14 | Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2)(14) | General search of indexes of marriage register books kept by superintendent registrars | £18.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 15 | Marriage Act 1949 section 64(2) | Certified copy of an entry from the register kept by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 16 | Marriage Act 1949 section 65(2)(15) | (a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
| (b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
| 17 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 13(2)(16) | Issue of certificate of baptism where child’s name altered or given | £1.00 | The person who performed the rite of baptism or who has custody of the baptismal record and who issues the required certificate |
| 18 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 30(2)(17) | (a) Standard service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
| (b) Priority service for certified copy of entry obtained from the Registrar General following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
| 19 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2)(18) | General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrar | £18.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 20 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 31(2) | Certified copy of an entry in the register kept by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 21 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 32(19) | Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars issued— | ||
| (a) at the time of registration | £4.00 | The registrar | ||
| (b) after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
| 22 | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 33(1)(20) | (a) One short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration | NIL | N/A |
| (b) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar at the time of registration | £4.00 | The registrar | ||
| (c) A short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar after the time of registration | £7.00 | The registrar | ||
| (d) A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| (e) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the register of live births | £9.25 | The Registrar General | ||
| (f) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the register of live births | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
| (g) Standard service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General | ||
| (h) Priority service for a short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General | £23.40 | The Registrar General | ||
| 23 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 2(2)(21) | Entry of notice of marriage to be solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence | £3.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 24 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 7 | Issue of Registrar General’s licence for marriage to be solemnized on the authority of that licence | £15.00 | The Registrar General |
| 25 | Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 section 10(2) | Attendance at a marriage solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence by— | ||
| (a) a registrar | £2.00 | The registrar | ||
| (b) a superintendent registrar | £2.00 | The superintendent registrar | ||
| 26 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a)(22) | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar in whose presence the Registrar General’s licence is signed | £2.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 27 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a) and section 18(3)(23) | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar for the purpose of signing the civil partnership schedule under the procedure for house-bound persons | £81.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 28 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(1)(a) and section 19(3)(24) | Attendance of the civil partnership registrar for the purpose of signing the civil partnership schedule under the procedure for detained persons | £88.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 29 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 2(3)(b)(25) | Signing by the civil partnership registrar of the civil partnership schedule | £46.00 | The registration authority which designated that individual a civil partnership registrar |
| 30 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) | Attestation by an authorised person(26) of the necessary declaration at a place provided by the registration authority – | The registration authority(27) to which a notice of proposed civil partnership 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 | |||
| (b) in any other case | £47.00 | |||
| 31 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) and section 18(3) | 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 procedure for house-bound persons | £47.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 32 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 8(3) and section 19(3) | 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 procedure for detained persons | £68.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 33 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 sections 8(3) and 21(3) | Attestation by an authorised person of the necessary declaration under the special procedure | £3.00 | The registration authority to which the notice is given |
| 34 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 12(1)(28) | Application to shorten the waiting period in relation to a notice of proposed civil partnership(29) | £28.00 | The Registrar General |
| 35 | Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 25(2) | Issue of Registrar General’s licence | £15.00 | The Registrar General |
| 36 | Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005(30) regulation 13(2) | A certified copy(31) or certified extract(32) of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
| 37 | Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 regulation 14(2) | A certified copy or a certified extract of an entry in the civil partnership register issued by a registration authority— | ||
| (a) when the application is made at the time of the formation of the civil partnership | £4.00 | The registration authority | ||
| (b) in any other case | £10.00 | The registration authority | ||
| 38 | Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 article 17(1) and (2)(33) | On giving the required notice(34) to a registration authority for an application for a certificate of no impediment | £35.00 | The registration authority |
| 39 | Presumption of Death Act 2013 paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 | Certified copy of an entry in the Register of Presumed Deaths | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
| 40 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014(35) regulation 6 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the standard procedure | £45.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 41 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 7 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the procedure for housebound persons | £99.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 42 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 8 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the procedure for detained persons | £117.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 43 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 9 | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the special procedure | £15.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 44 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulations 10 and 11(36) | The first stage of the procedure for conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the two stage procedure for conversion on secular premises(37) | £27.00 | The superintendent registrar to whom the information is given |
| 45 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulations 10 and 12(38) | Conversion of civil partnership in accordance with the two stage procedure for conversion on religious premises(39)— | ||
| (a) for the first stage of the procedure(40) | £27.00 | The superintendent registrar to whom the information is given | ||
| (b) for the second stage of the procedure (41) | £91.00 | The superintendent registrar in whose registration district the conversion is taking place | ||
| 46 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 18(4) | A certified copy of the entry relating to the marriage in the conversion register provided to the parties at the time of the conversion (once the conversion has been registered) | £4.00 | The superintendent registrar |
| 47 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 23(2) | A certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion register issued by the Registrar General | £9.25 | The Registrar General |
| 48 | The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 regulation 24(2) | A certified copy of an entry relating to a marriage in the conversion records issued by the superintendent registrar | £10.00 | The superintendent registrar |
(1)
1949 c. 76. Section 27(4) was amended by section 1(7) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) and by section 52 of, and paragraphs 1, 2(1) and (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014.
(2)
(3)
Section 26 was substituted by section 3 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
(4)
Section 31(5A) was inserted by section 160(6) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) and amended by section 52 of, and paragraphs 1, 10(1) and (2)(c) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014.
(5)
Section 43A was inserted by section 4(2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
(6)
The procedure for applications is set out in regulation 4 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/106).
(7)
Section 41 of the 1949 Act provides for the registration of buildings for the solemnization of the marriage of a man and a woman.
(8)
The procedure for a joint application for the registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman and of same sex couples is set out in regulation 10 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2014.
(9)
Section 45(1) has been amended by section 169(1) of, and paragraphs 3 and 24 of Schedule 14 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), section 1(2) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 (c. 34), article 2 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of the Schedule to, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3168).
(10)
Section 45A(2) and (3) were inserted by section 1(7) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage Act 1983 and has been amended by section 1(2) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996.
(11)
The person who is to have custody of the marriage register book in the case of a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed is prescribed in regulation 8 of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 (S.I. 1952/1869).
(12)
Section 63(1) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 8 and 15 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(13)
Under section 59 of the 1949 Act an incumbent, a registering officer of the Society of Friends, a secretary of a synagogue, an authorised person and a registrar are required to keep marriage register books until they are filled. Section 59 was amended by section 23(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37) and section 1(7), and paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to, the Marriage Act 1983.
(14)
Section 64(2) was amended by section 23(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Registration Service Act 1953 and section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 8 and 16 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(15)
Section 65(2) was amended by section 23(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Registration Service Act 1953 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.
(16)
Section 13(2) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 22 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(17)
Section 30(2) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 23(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(18)
Section 31(2) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 24 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(19)
Section 32 was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 25 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(20)
Section 33(1) was amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 26 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
(21)
1970 c. 34. Section 2(2) applies the provisions in section 27(4) of the 1949 Act (which relate to entries in the marriage notice book) to notices of marriage on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence.
(22)
2004 c. 33. Section 2(1)(a) requires that the civil partnership document be signed in the presence of the civil partnership registrar. The civil partnership document in relation to the special procedure is the Register General’s licence, see section 7(1)(a).
(23)
Section 2(1)(a) requires the civil partnership document to be signed by and in the presence of a civil partnership registrar. The civil partnership document under this procedure is the civil partnership schedule, as per section 7(1)(b). Section 18(3) specifies the procedure for housebound persons.
(24)
Section 19(3) specifies the procedure for detained persons.
(25)
Section 2(3)(b) requires the civil partnership document to be signed by the civil partnership registrar. The civil partnership document under this procedure is the civil partnership schedule, see section 7(1)(b).
(26)
The term “an authorised person” is defined in section 8(6).
(27)
The term “the registration authority” is defined in section 28.
(28)
Section 12(1) was amended by section 52 of, and paragraphs 18 and 23(1) and (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014.
(29)
The term “the waiting period” is defined in section 11.
(30)
(31)
“Certified copy” is defined in regulation 2(1).
(32)
“Certified extract” is defined in regulation 2(1).
(33)
S.I. 2005/2761. Article 17(1) has been amended by articles 2 and 4(a) of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3063). Article 17(2) has been amended by article 2 and 6 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1107).
(34)
Notice is required to be given under regulation 17(2) of the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005.
(35)
(36)
Conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under the two stage procedure for conversion on secular premises is carried out in accordance with regulations 10 and 11.
(37)
The first stage of the procedure is provided for by regulation 10. The second stage of the procedure for conversion on secular premises is provided for by regulation 11 and the manner in which the fee for the second stage is to be determined is set out in regulation 11(5).
(38)
Conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under the two stage procedure for conversion on religious premises is carried out in accordance with regulations 10 and 12.
(39)
Conversion on religious premises refers to a conversion which takes place at any of the places mentioned in regulation 12(1).
(40)
The first stage of the procedure is provided for by regulation 10.
(41)
The second stage of the procedure is provided for by regulation 12.
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