# The Consular Fees Order 1987, Part IX: shipping,seamen and kindred matters 44 Receiving 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… 30.00 45 Endorsing 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… 15.00 46 Granting a provisional certificate of registry… 70.00 in addition to fee 44 where applicable 47 Recording a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship… 70.00 48 Recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship… 70.00 49 Recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship… 70.00 50 Making an interposition in the sale of a ship or of shares in a ship… 70.00 51 Receiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly… 10.00 52 Certifying a form of claim for wages and other matters, if any, of a deceased seaman or apprentice… 15.00 53 Examining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable by the party who proves to be in default… 35.00 in addition to the cost, if any, of survey 54 Preparing 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… 150.00 55 Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required… 25.00 for every further copy… 15.00 56 Extending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required— for any number of words up to 200, excluding the declaratory clause… 70.00 for every subsequent 100 words or less… 15.00 in addition to fees 1 and 3 where applicable 57 Filing a request for survey and issuing an order of survey… 35.00 58 Receiving a report of a survey, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy, if required, of the request, order and report of survey— for any number of words up to 200, excluding the words in the consular certificate… 70.00 for every subsequent 100 words or less… 15.00 59 Issuing a bill of health… 25.00 60 Addressing at the request of the master an application to local authorities forthe arrest, imprisonment or release of seamen or apprentices— for each seaman or apprentice… 25.00 61 Granting 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… 25.00 in addition to fee 72 or 65 where applicable 62 Drawing 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… 15.00 in addition to fee 61 unless a certificate in the form of a muster-roll or list is required for the clearance of the vessel 63 Signing and, if required, sealing the original of a ship’s manifest and signingany copies on the same occasion… 20.00 64 Signing 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… 15.00 65 Inspecting a ship’s papers when required to enable a consular officer to do any matter or thing in respect of a ship… 15.00 except where— (a) the papers are already in the custody of the consular officer and fee 72 has been taken, or (b) the master opens a new agreement at the consular premises 66 Inspecting the marking of a ship, irrespective of the number of visits… 15.00 in addition to fee 37 67 Making 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… 15.00 The following fees are to be levied only in respect of British ships not registered in the United Kingdom:— 68 Sanctioning the engagement of seamen— for each seaman… 10.00 with— (a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or (b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships, of… 150.00 in addition to fee 73 or 65 where applicable 69 Attesting alterations in the agreement with the crew— for each alteration in respect of each seaman concerned… 10.00 with a maximum on each separate occasion of… 150.00 70 Sanctioning the discharge of seamen or leaving behind of seamen and apprentices— for each seaman or apprentice… 10.00 with— (a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or (b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships, of… 150.00 except where an apprentice— (a) is transferred whilst overseas from one ship to another, or (b) having come to the end of his indentures, signs on as a seaman in addition to fee 65 where applicable 71 Certifying desertions of seamen and apprentices— for each seaman or apprentice… 10.00 72 Taking 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… 15.00 73 Preparing 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— for each seaman… 10.00 with a minimum of… 70.00 and a maximum of… 150.00 in addition to fee 68 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1264/schedule/part/IX (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/schedule/part-IX Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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