Regulation 4 Waivers

Any fee for arranging delivery of a passport in relation to an application made outside the United Kingdom must be waived where the delivery of the passport is to a British Forces Post Office address or a United Kingdom address and the prospective passport holder—

Any fee that is payable by virtue of these Regulations may be waived where Her Majesty’s Government has activated Exceptional Assistance Measures overseas and the person required to pay the fee has been directly affected by the incident in relation to which the Exceptional Assistance Measures have been activated.

Any fee that is payable by virtue of these Regulations may be waived where there is a crisis in the United Kingdom or overseas and the person paying the fee has been directly affected by the crisis.

In this regulation—

• “crisis” means an incident in which at least five British citizens have been killed or injured, or are in danger of being killed;

• “Exceptional Assistance Measures” means measures activated in accordance with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office policy set out in the House of Commons written statement made on 10th December 2015: Exceptional Assistance Measures for Victims of Terrorist Incidents Overseas^f2.