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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/schedule/part-VII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987/schedule/part-VII.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1264",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Fees Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/part/VII",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": "matters relating to legal proceedings",
  "text": "38\nPresiding at the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, including any matter or thing done by the consular officer as examiner—\n(a) for the first two hours or less on the first day…\n100.00\n(b) for the first two hours or less on each subsequent day…\n65.00\n(c) for each additional hour on any day…\n35.00\n39\nProviding evidence of service or attempted service…\nin addition to fee 37 or 40\n25.00\n40\nProviding the services of a consular officer or consular employee—\n(a) to assist the consular officer in the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, for each such person—\nfor each sitting of two hours or less…\n25.00\nfor each additional hour at each sitting…\n10.00\n(b) to effect or endeavour to effect service of a document, for each hour or shorter period elsewhere than at the consular premises—\nduring customary business hours…\n25.00\noutside customary business hours…\n40.00\n41\nForwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or theservice of a document and, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of a translation accompanying the document…\n25.00",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1264/schedule/part/VII",
    "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."
}