{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/444",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2) below, fees paid under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund in accordance with Treasury directions.\n(2) Fees paid in respect of the administration of the oath of allegiance for the purposes of the Act (Item 6 in the Schedule to these Regulations) shall be paid—\n(a) in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, if the oath is administered by a commissioner for oaths or notary public, to the commissioner or notary public;\n(b) in Scotland, if the oath is administered by a sheriff principal or sheriff, to the sheriff clerk or to any of his deputes, and, if by a notary public, to the notary public.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1328",
      "affecting_title": "The British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/444/regulation/3",
    "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."
}