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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/476",
  "legislation_title": "Consular Fees Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Authority to waive fees",
  "text": "A consular officer is authorised to waive fees as follows:—\n(a) where the consular officer so decides on the ground of proved destitution;\n(b) where the consular officer so decides as a matter of international courtesy;\n(c) in respect of any matter or thing done in connexion with the official duty of any official of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom;\n(d) in respect of any matter or thing done for a candidate for, or for a holder of, a British Council scholarship in connexion with such scholarship;\n(e) where the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury so directs.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}