Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/330), which set fees for the exercise of various functions in connection with immigration and nationality.

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 8 (nationality) to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018.

Regulation 2(2) amends paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8, reflecting the amendment, made by regulation 2(5) of these Regulations, to paragraph 8 of Schedule 8.

Regulation 2(3) inserts, in Table 19 (fees for applications relating to nationality), a fee for an application for registration as a British citizen under section 4AA of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) by an applicant aged 18 or over and a fee for the same application in respect of person who is a child at the time the application is made.

Regulation 2(4) inserts a reference to the fee for an application in respect of a child in entry 20A.3.1 in Table 20A (exceptions in respect of fees for registration and for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and oaths). Entry 20A.3.1 provides that no fee is payable for applications to which it applies where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child who is looked after by the local authority (or looked after outside the United Kingdom under equivalent arrangements).

Regulation 2(5) inserts a reference to the fee for an application in respect of a child in paragraph 8 (waiver on grounds of unaffordability). Paragraph 8 provides that the Secretary of State may waive the fees to which the paragraph applies in a case where the Secretary of State considers that the fee is not affordable.

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