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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-passport-fees-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348234572",
  "legislation_title": "The Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-passport-fees-regulations-2022",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations set out the fees charged under powers set out in the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19) for administering applications for passports. The fees were previously included in the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/414) (“the 2018 Regulations”) which are revoked by regulation 6 of these Regulations.\nThe 2018 Regulations provided for optional “priority services” offered by Her Majesty’s Passport Office, which were defined as the “fast track collect service”, the “fast track service”, the “premium collect service” and the “premium service”. These Regulations clarify the definitions of those services under which passport applications may be administered and specify that the fees for the priority services include a booking fee (regulation 3(2)). The Schedule to these Regulations sets out the various fees payable in a different format to that set out in the Schedule to the 2018 Regulations but does not change the fee amounts prescribed by the 2018 Regulations.\nRegulation 3(6) provides that a prospective passport holder who is 15 years of age may pay the fee payable by a prospective passport holder aged 16 years or over (but not a fee falling within regulation 3(3)). In these circumstances the application will be administered after the prospective passport holder’s 16th birthday as if they had applied after that date.\nNo fee or a reduced fee is charged for most functions where the prospective passport holder was born on or before 2nd September 1929.\nCertain fees may be waived as set out in regulation 4. Delivery fees are waived for certain members of the armed forces and Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service in some circumstances. Fees specified in these Regulations may also be waived as a result of a crisis or Exceptional Assistance Measures having been activated overseas by the Government. The circumstances in which these might apply, as set out in regulation 4, are comparable to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office policy on providing assistance to British nationals overseas.\nRegulation 5(2) provides that the appropriate fee will not be refunded if a prospective passport holder fails to attend an appointment for their application to be administered under the priority services without giving prior notice. Regulation 5(3) provides that the booking fee in regulation 3(2) will not be refunded if the prospective passport holder cancels an appointment less than 48 hours before it is due to take place. In both cases, the Secretary of State may nevertheless determine to make a refund in any particular individual case.\nHard copies of the documents specified in these Regulations to which links have been provided may be obtained from Her Majesty’s Passport Office, P.O. Box 767, Southport, PR8 9PW.\nA full impact assessment has been produced for this instrument and is available alongside the Explanatory Memorandum at www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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