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The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/3498 · Made 31 October 2001

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DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

Made 31st October 2001

Coming into force 30th November 2001

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980f1 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 23.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 30th November 2001.

2

The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

paragraph (e) of Article 2 shall be deleted and replaced by the following paragraphs—

“(e)

“fast-track service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made;

(f)

“premium service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within twenty four hours of that application having been made;

(g)

“replacement passport” means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto or in order to replace a passport that has been lost, damaged or is otherwise unavailable for use.”

(b)

for Fees 12 to 16, set out in Part II of the table of consular fees in the Schedule to that Order, there shall be substituted the following—

“

12

Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable—

(a)

for applications made by post in the UK

(i)

where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

30.00
(ii)

where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)

16.00
(b)

for applications made in person in the UK

(i)

where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

45.00
(ii)

where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)

31.00
(c)

for applications made abroad

(i)

where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

49.00
(ii)

where the applicant is under 16 years (for a passport valid for 5 years)

29.00
13

Issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable—

(a)

for applications made by post in the UK

40.00
(b)

for applications made in person in the UK

55.00
(c)

for applications made abroad

60.00
14

Issuing a collective passport—

(a)

for applications made by post in the UK

42.00
(b)

for applications made in person in the UK

57.00
(c)

for applications made abroad

50.00
15

Amending or extending an existing passport

(a)

for applications made by post in the UK

18.00
(b)

for applications made in person in the UK

33.00
(c)

for applications made abroad

40.00
16

Extending a passport to 10 years validity where the holder was under 16 years of age at the time of issue of the existing passport and the passport was issued for an initial 5 year period before 26th March 1998—

(a)

for postal applications in the UK

0.00
(b)

for applications made in person in the UK

15.00
(c)

for applications made abroad

0.00
16A

In addition to Fee 12, 13, 15, or 16, whichever is appropriate to the application in question—

(a)

issuing a passport on an application made using the fast-track service

15.00
(b)

issuing a passport on an application made using the premium service

30.00

”

Signature

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999 so as to prescribe additional fees for the provision of fast-track and premium services for the issuing of passports (Fee 16A.(a) and Fee 16A.(b)). Additionally, the Order increases certain passport fees (Fee 12(a)(i) from £28 to £30, Fee 12(a)(ii) from £14.80 to £16, Fee 12(b)(i) from £40 to £45, Fee 12(b)(ii) from £26.80 to £31, Fee 13(a) from £38 to £40, Fee 13(b) from £50 to £55, Fee 14(a) from £40 to £42, Fee 14(b) from £52 to £57, Fee 15(a) from £17 to £18, Fee 15(b) from £29 to £33 and Fee 16(b) from £12 to £15).