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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases various fees payable under the Births, Deaths and Marriages enactments relating to:

(a)

licences and other preliminary proceedings for marriage;

(b)

registration for marriage purposes of meeting houses and other places of worship;

(c)

registration of births, deaths and marriages.

It provides by whom and to whom fees are payable for services under the Marriage Act 1983 and exempts any person in receipt of income support from payment for those services.