The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/947
• Sections: 18

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st November 2017.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Fees Regulations” means the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Fees Regulations

(1) The Fees Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3(2) substitute—

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the person specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of any particular fee payable to that person may reduce, waive or refund part or all of that fee on the grounds—

(a) that requiring payment of the fee would cause hardship to the person required to make payment;

(b) of compassion; or

(c) of error otherwise than on the part of the person required to make payment.

(3) No reduction, waiver or refund may be made in respect of a fee to which regulation 3A applies without the consent of the Registrar General.

(3) After regulation 3 insert—

Transmission of part of fees to Registrar General

(3A)

(1) This regulation applies to a category A fee, a category B fee or a category C fee (and referred to in this regulation as “a relevant fee”).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), on each occasion where the superintendent registrar, registrar or registration authority (as the case may be) is paid a relevant fee, that person must pay to the Registrar General on demand, in respect of each—

(a) category A fee, a part in the amount of £58.00;

(b) category B fee, a part in the amount of £47.00;

(c) category C fee, a part in the amount of £40.00.

(3) Where a relevant fee has been reduced or partially refunded pursuant to regulation 3(2), the amount payable to the Registrar General under paragraph (2) is reduced by the same proportion by which the relevant fee was reduced.

(4) Amounts payable to the Registrar General under this regulation which remain unpaid after the expiry of a period of 28 days commencing with the date of demand are recoverable as debts due to the Crown.(5) In this regulation—

“category A fee” means—

the fee specified in column 3 of row 12A;

the second fee specified in column 3 of row 17A;

the fee specified in column 3 of row 37A,

of the table in Schedule 1;

“category B fee” means—

the fee specified in column 3 of row 22C;

the fee specified in column 3 of row 22D,

of the table in Schedule 1;

“category C fee” means—

the fee specified in column 3 of row 4;

the fee specified in column 3 of row 34,

of the table in Schedule 1. .

(4) The Schedule (amendments to the table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations) has effect.

Section 3 Amendment of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005

In the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 , in regulation 7(4) (applications to the Registrar General to shorten the waiting period), omit “and fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act”.

Section 4 Amendment of the Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Waiting Period) Regulations 2015

In the Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Waiting Period) Regulations 2015 , in regulation 2(3), for “an order made under section 31(5F) of the 1949 Act”, substitute “regulations made under section 71A of the 1949 Act”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015

In the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 , in regulation 9(2) (application to reduce the 28 day waiting period), omit “and the fee paid”.

Section 1

The table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Regulations is amended as follows.

Section 2

In row 4 (application to reduce the 28 day waiting period)—

(a) in column 3, for “£28.00” substitute “£60.00”;

(b) in column 4, for “The Registrar General” substitute “The superintendent registrar”.

Section 3

In row 7, in column 1, at the end insert “, as modified by regulation 10 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2014 ”.

Section 4

In row 12, for the entry in column 4 substitute “The parochial church council of the parish or, within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 , the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book”.

Section 5

After row 12, insert—

Section 6

In row 13, in the entry in column 4, for “incumbent” (in both places) substitute “parochial church council of the parish”.

Section 7

After row 16, insert—

Section 8

After row 17, insert—

Section 9

In row 22 (short certificate of birth obtained under section 33(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953)—

(a) in column 2, omit entry (a) and the corresponding entries in columns 3 and 4;

(b) in column 2, in entry (b), for “Any other” substitute “A”.

Section 10

After row 22, insert—

Section 11

After row 25, insert—

Section 12

In column 3 of row 34 (application to shorten the waiting period in relation to a notice of proposed civil partnership under section 12(1) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 )—

(a) in column 3, for “£28.00” substitute “£60.00”;

(b) in column 4, for “The Registrar General” substitute “The registration authority”.

Section 13

After row 37, insert—