# The Consular Fees Act 1980 (Fees) Order 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order allows the Secretary of State, in charging fees for each of the services listed in the Schedule to the Order, to cross-subsidise between those different services and to recover any deficits incurred in relation to any of those services until its expiration. The Order makes provision for the costs of providing all the different entry clearance functions specified in the Schedule to the Order to be taken into account when exercising the power to set fees for each of those particular functions. The Order also makes provision for past deficits in relation to any of those functions to be taken into account in determining the costs of performing those functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1618/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-act-1980-fees-order-2002/note
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