{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1264",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Fees Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n(a) “consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions, (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);\n(b) “consular employee” means any person employed in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;\n(c) “consular premises” means the buildings or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;\n(d) “entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a dependency of the United Kingdom, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1264/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:23:26.414974+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."
}