{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/476",
  "legislation_title": "Consular Fees Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Levy of fees in advance",
  "text": "Fees shall be levied in advance, except where—\n(a) a master of a British ship does not have sufficient funds;\n(b) the applicant applies for repatriation and does not have sufficient funds;\n(c) a fee cannot be calculated in advance;\n(d) in the opinion of the consular officer, it is impracticable to levy a fee in advance.\nIn such cases, before any matter or thing is done in respect of which a fee is to be levied, the applicant shall be required to signify his agreement to pay that fee, which shall be claimed subsequently in accordance with instructions issued from time to time by the Secretary of State.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}