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The Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) (Amendment) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2847 · Made 23 October 2014

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Immigration

Made 23rd October 2014

Laid before Parliament 27th October 2014

Coming into force 17th November 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 6 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33; paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 6 to the Immigration Act 1999 was amended by the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 3.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) Order 2011
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 17th November 2014.

2Amendments to the Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) Order 2011

(1)

The Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) Order 2011f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 3(b)(i), after “provide immigration”, insert “advice”.

(3)

In article 5(b), after “providing immigration”, insert “advice”.

(4)

After article 6 insert—

“Waiver of specified fee

6A.

On an application for registration or, as the case may be, continued registration, the Commissioner must waive all of the fee specified in this Order where the applicant is a person who—

(a)

provides immigration advice or immigration services in the course of a business that is not for profit; and

(b)

does not charge a fee, directly or indirectly, for the provision of that advice or those services.”

Signature

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

23rd October 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) Order 2011 (the “2011 Order”) (S.I. 2011/1366) to require the Commissioner to waive all of the fee specified in the 2011 Order where the person applying for registration or continued registration operates on a not for profit basis and does not charge a fee for the provision of immigration advice or immigration services. It further corrects minor errors in the 2011 Order.

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