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Part I NOTARIAL AND KINDRED MATTERS

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Fee£
1

Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not otherwise provided for—

(a)

in standard form, per copy…

20.00
(b)

not in standard form, per 100 words—

(i)

in English…

25.00
(ii)

in any other language…

40.00
2

Preparing or signing, or both, a declaration of existence…

10.00

except in connection with pay or pensions payable by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or of any other Government within the Commonwealth

3

—

(1)

Attesting or legalising a signature or seal…

12.00

except where—

  1. (a)

    the signature or seal is on a certificate or survey of foreign passenger ships running to or from the United Kingdom, or

  2. (b)

    the signature or seal is on a document required for the deposit or withdrawal of money in or from any British Post Office or other Government Savings Bank, or

  3. (c)

    the signature or seal is in connection with stocks or bonds on the registers of the Post Office, with Savings Bank Annuities or with annuities granted direct by the National Debt Commissioners.

(2)

Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation…

30.00

except where—

  1. (a)

    the oath, declaration or affirmation is made under the Merchant Shipping Acts or in connection with the loss of a passport, or

  2. (b)

    fee 19, 24, 25, 27, 36, or 37 is to be taken

4

Supplying witnesses, for each witness…

12.00
5

Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking…

6.00
6

Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document—

(a)

in typescript or made by photographic process outside the consular premises, for each page…

20.00
(b)

by photographic process, if the copy is made in the consular premises, for each page (with a minimum charge of £15.00)…

3.00
7

Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 37 is applicable), or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 17 is applicable)…

12.00
8

Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document…

25.00

in addition to costs, if any

9

Supplying certified copies of documents forming part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890f1 and 1913f2—

  • for every page…

35.00
10

Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a translation in writing of a document or part of a document, for each 100 words or characters (or part thereof) in the foreign language—

(a)

from or into Amharic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean (three Japanese Kana being counted as one character when used independently)…

40.00
(b)

from or into any other language…

25.00

except where fee 27 or 39 is to be taken

11

Translating and interpreting viva voce (except where necessary for the performance of official duties)—

  • for every 15 minutes…

18.00

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1890 c. 37.

f2

1913 c. 16.