{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/444",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations reproduce, with amendments, the British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/230).\nThe new fee for an application for registration as a citizen or British subject (except under section 5) is £120. The separate fee payable under the 1984 Regulations for the actual registration is abolished. Previously, the fee for such an application was £60, and the fee for effecting the registration was £25.\nThe fee payable under the 1984 Regulations for the grant of a certificate of naturalisation is also abolished. The new fee for an application for naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(1) or 18(1) is £150. Previously, the fee for such an application was £135, and the fee for the grant of a certificate of naturalisation was £35. Where the application is for naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(2) or 18(2), the new fee is £120. Previously, the fee for such an application was £130, and the fee for the grant of the certificate was £05.\nThe fees payable in respect of the registration of a declaration of renunciation of citizenship or British subject status under section 12, 24, 29 or 34 and in respect of supplying a certified or other copy of a notice, certificate, order, declaration or entry given, granted or made under the Act or any of the former nationality Acts are increased from £15 to £20.\nThe fee payable in respect of administering the oath of allegiance for the purposes of the Act is increased from £3.50 to £5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/444/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:51:32.240555+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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