Article 2 Amendment of the Consular Fees Order 2012

The Consular Fees Order 2012^f1 is amended as follows.

In article 2 omit the definition of “the appropriate Registrar General”.

For the Table of General Consular Fees in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Consular Fees Order 2012 substitute—

“TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEES

Fee			£
I. LEGALISATION
1.	Legalising a signature or seal—
	(i)	Standard service (in addition to direct costs, if any)	30.00
	(ii)	Premium service (in addition to direct costs, if any)	75.00
	(iii)	Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any)	30.00
II. NOTARIAL AND RELATED MATTERS
2.	Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this table
	(i)	in English	50.00
	(ii)	in any other language	50.00
3.	Signing a declaration of existence (except if required by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom)		25.00
4.	Administering an oath, declaration or affirmation		50.00
5.	Witnessing a signature		25.00
6.	Certifying a copy of a document		25.00
7.	Uniting documents and Marking of Exhibits		25.00
8.	Supplying certified copies of documents which form part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890f2 and 1913f3, for each page		50.00
III. NATIONALITY
9.	Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981f4		100.00
IV. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND DEATHS
10.	Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship		50.00
11.	Issuing a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist, or issuing any local equivalent document for an intended marriage or overseas relationship in accordance with local law
	(i)	in English	50.00
	(ii)	in any other language	50.00
12.	Solemnising and administering oaths for consular marriage; or registering or converting a civil partnership into marriage		150.00
13.	Administering an application for the registration of a birth or a death		150.00
14.	Making an addition to or correction in the consular register as necessary		25.00
15.	Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register		50.00
16.	Making a search in
	(i) the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships where the number or date of entry is not provided		50.00
	(ii) the naturalisation, registration or renunciation records kept by a consular officer		50.00
V. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
17.	Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document (including effecting service of a document in relation to proceedings in which state immunity is in issue), and returning any evidence received of service or attempted service of a document (provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in proceedings where state immunity is in issue)		150.00
VI. MARITIME SERVICES
18.	Providing or administering a service not otherwise covered in this Schedule in relation to shipping, seamen and related matters, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any		150.00
VII. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
19.	Administering an application for, and, if successful providing, an Emergency Travel Document		100.00
20.	Exceptionally, administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document		75.00
21.	Arranging, exceptionally, for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds
	(i) £0.01-£99.99		10.00
	(ii) £100.00-£499.99		25.00
	(iii) £500.00or more		50.00
VIII. OTHER SERVICES
22.	Providing the services of a consular officer or a consular employee in relation to any other service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any		150.00

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