{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/476",
  "legislation_title": "Consular Fees Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n(a) “consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions, (including persons who are not as well as persons who are consular officers); it also includes, unless the context otherwise requires, any person authorised to act as a marriage officer under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906;\n(b) “fee” means any fee fixed by the Consular Fees Order 1981, or by any subsequent Order under section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980;\n(c) “applicant” means any person making application to a consular officer for any matter or thing to be done by him in the execution of his office;\n(d) “consular premises” means the buildings or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/476/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:41:33.155407+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."
}