# The Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1998

S.I. 1998/615 · made 9 March 1998

These Rules amend the Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) Rules 1991 with effect from 1st April 1998. They increase the fee payable for the entry of the name and address of an adopted person from £9.50 to £15.00 and for the entry of the name and address of a relative of an adopted person from £27.50 to £30.00 in the Adoption Contact Register. The register is maintained by the Registrar General under section 51A of the Adoption Act 1976.

Made under: Adoption Act 1976 (Section 51A)

## Introductory text

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 9th March 1998
Laid before Parliament 10th March 1998
Coming into force 1st April 1998
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 51A(3) and (5) of the Adoption Act 1976 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

## 2 Amendment of the Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) Rules 1991

In rule 2 of the Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) Rules 1991 (fees payable for entries in the register) —
(a) in paragraph (1) for “£9.50” there shall be substituted “£15.00”; and
(b) in paragraph (2) for “£27.50” there shall be substituted “£30.00”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Paul Boateng
Parliamentary Under Secretary,
Department of Health
9th March 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Adopted Persons (Contact Register) (Fees) Rules 1991 with effect from 1st April 1998. They increase the fee payable for the entry of the name and address of an adopted person from £9.50 to £15.00 and for the entry of the name and address of a relative of an adopted person from £27.50 to £30.00 in the Adoption Contact Register. The register is maintained by the Registrar General under section 51A of the Adoption Act 1976.

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