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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/schedule/part-IX",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1264",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Fees Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/part/IX",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IX",
  "heading": "shipping,seamen and kindred matters",
  "text": "44\nReceiving or recording a declaration under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 with a view to the registry, transfer and transmission of ships, interests in ships, or mortgages of ships…\n30.00\n45\nEndorsing a memorandum of change of master upon the certificate of registry and initialling, where required, the new master’s signature on the agreement with the crew…\n15.00\n46\nGranting a provisional certificate of registry…\n70.00\nin addition to fee 44 where applicable\n47\nRecording a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship…\n70.00\n48\nRecording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship…\n70.00\n49\nRecording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship…\n70.00\n50\nMaking an interposition in the sale of a ship or of shares in a ship…\n70.00\n51\nReceiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly…\n10.00\n52\nCertifying a form of claim for wages and other matters, if any, of a deceased seaman or apprentice…\n15.00\n53\nExamining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable by the party who proves to be in default…\n35.00\nin addition to the cost, if any, of survey\n54\nPreparing and attesting a salvage bond executed in pursuance of section 560(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, payable by the master or owner of the property salved…\n150.00\n55\nNoting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required…\n25.00\nfor every further copy…\n15.00\n56\nExtending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required—\nfor any number of words up to 200, excluding the declaratory clause…\n70.00\nfor every subsequent 100 words or less…\n15.00\nin addition to fees 1 and 3 where applicable\n57\nFiling a request for survey and issuing an order of survey…\n35.00\n58\nReceiving a report of a survey, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy, if required, of the request, order and report of survey—\nfor any number of words up to 200, excluding the words in the consular certificate…\n70.00\nfor every subsequent 100 words or less…\n15.00\n59\nIssuing a bill of health…\n25.00\n60\nAddressing at the request of the master an application to local authorities forthe arrest, imprisonment or release of seamen or apprentices—\nfor each seaman or apprentice…\n25.00\n61\nGranting such certificate as to the number of the crew and other matters as may be required by local authorities for the clearance inwards and outwards of a ship…\n25.00\nin addition to fee 72 or 65 where applicable\n62\nDrawing up, in the form and language required by local authorities, a muster-roll or detailed list giving the names and other details of each member of the crew…\n15.00\nin addition to fee 61 unless a certificate in the form of a muster-roll or list is required for the clearance of the vessel\n63\nSigning and, if required, sealing the original of a ship’s manifest and signingany copies on the same occasion…\n20.00\n64\nSigning and, if required, sealing any entry in the official log-book of a ship where such entry is not required under the Merchant Shipping Acts…\n15.00\n65\nInspecting a ship’s papers when required to enable a consular officer to do any matter or thing in respect of a ship…\n15.00\nexcept where—\n(a) the papers are already in the custody of the consular officer and fee 72 has been taken, or\n(b) the master opens a new agreement at the consular premises\n66\nInspecting the marking of a ship, irrespective of the number of visits…\n15.00\nin addition to fee 37\n67\nMaking a request for survey and arranging for the issue of a certificate in accordance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974…\n15.00\nThe following fees are to be levied only in respect of British ships not registered in the United Kingdom:—\n68\nSanctioning the engagement of seamen—\nfor each seaman…\n10.00\nwith—\n(a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or\n(b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships,\nof…\n150.00\nin addition to fee 73 or 65 where applicable\n69\nAttesting alterations in the agreement with the crew—\nfor each alteration in respect of each seaman concerned…\n10.00\nwith a maximum on each separate occasion of…\n150.00\n70\nSanctioning the discharge of seamen or leaving behind of seamen and apprentices—\nfor each seaman or apprentice…\n10.00\nwith—\n(a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or\n(b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships,\nof…\n150.00\nexcept where an apprentice—\n(a) is transferred whilst overseas from one ship to another, or\n(b) having come to the end of his indentures, signs on as a seaman\nin addition to fee 65 where applicable\n71\nCertifying desertions of seamen and apprentices—\nfor each seaman or apprentice…\n10.00\n72\nTaking custody of a ship’s papers, and making any necessary endorsements thereon, and giving the certificate required by section 257(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894…\n15.00\n73\nPreparing a fresh agreement with the crew when a new agreement is opened at a foreign port and furnishing the copy which must be made accessible to the crew—\nfor each seaman…\n10.00\nwith a minimum of…\n70.00\nand a maximum of…\n150.00\nin addition to fee 68",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1894 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmnd. 7874."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}