The Travel Documents (Fees) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3339
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Travel Documents (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16th December 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);

“document of identity” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom to a person who is not a British citizen which enables the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom;

“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

(1) A fee of £28 is to be paid in connection with an application to the Secretary of State for a Convention travel document or a document of identity.

(2) A fee of £67 is to be paid in connection with an application to the Secretary of State for any other Home Office travel document.

Section 4 Payment into the Consolidated Fund

A fee received by the Secretary of State under these Regulations is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Section 5 Revocation

The Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked.