{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-2003/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3157",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-fees-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The fee payable in respect of—\n(a) an application for the registration of a person as a British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British subject; or\n(b) an application for naturalisation as a British citizen or British overseas territories citizen;\nshall be payable on the submission of the application.\n(2) On an application for registration or for a certificate of naturalisation by an applicant who is required by section 42 of the 1981 Act to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony, the fee payable in respect of the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony shall also be payable on the submission of the application.\n(3) Where the fee payable in respect of the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is paid in accordance with paragraph (2) above and—\n(a) the Secretary of State refuses the application; or\n(b) the Secretary of State decides that the registration should be effected or the certificate should be granted, but disapplies the requirement to attend a citizenship ceremony because of the special circumstances of the case;\nthe fee paid in respect of the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony shall be refunded.\n(4) The fee payable in respect of the registration of a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship, British overseas territories citizenship, British Overseas citizenship or British subject status shall be payable on the submission of the declaration of renunciation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3157/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:37:52.534390+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."
}