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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1915",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Fees Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This Note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes and replaces the Consular Fees Order 1995. As a result of a review of the costs involved in providing the various services some consular fees are being increased and some decreased. The overall effect is an average increase of approximately 20% and represents a further step towards eventual full cost recovery.\nThe Order also repeals the fees for issuing a British Visitor’s passport, a visa for passing through the United Kingdom without entering it where the applicant is under 25 years of age and a single visit entry clearance where the applicant is under 25 years of age (as these documents are no longer issued).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1915/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:22.821637+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."
}