The Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2150
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd August 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

“Convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Refugee Convention (travel documents) or Article 28 of the Stateless Persons Convention (travel documents);

“the Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the Protocol to the Convention ; and

“the Stateless Persons Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954 .

Section 3 Prescription of fees

A fee of £21 is payable for the issue of a Convention travel document by the Home Office.

Section 4 Payment of fees

(1) The fee payable under regulation 3 is to be paid to the Home Office at the same time as an application is made to it for the issue of a Convention travel document.

(2) If the fee is not so paid, the Home Office need not issue the document unless and until the fee is thereafter paid to it.

(3) If the fee is so paid but the Home Office refuses to issue the document, the fee is to be refunded to the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

Section 5 Payment into the Consolidated Fund

A fee paid to the Home Office under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.