Explanatory note

This Order revokes and replaces the Crown Office Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1977). The following fees taken in the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery are increased:

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of City, from £1,675 to £1,764;

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the grant of title of Lord Mayor, from £1,675 to £1,764;

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for a Charter of Incorporation or Supplemental Charter (England and Wales), from £560 to £594;

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the appointment of Heralds, from £215 to £249;

Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law (inclusive of one printed sheet of vellum), from £770 to £799;

Letters Patent under the Great Seal for appointment as Queen’s Counsel (England and Wales), from £215 to £264;

Issue of certificate confirming appointment as Queen’s Counsel (England and Wales), from £30 to £44; and

Determination of an abeyance of a Barony, from £175 to £209.

The fee taken for each additional printed sheet of vellum needed to produce Letters Patent under the Great Seal promulgating amendments to Canon law remains the same (£100).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.