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The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/1166 · Made 28 April 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom

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ARMORIAL BEARINGS, ENSIGNS AND FLAGS

Made 28th April 2008

Laid before Parliament 30th April 2008

Coming into force 23rd May 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Variation of fees
  3. 3Variation of fees
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2
  7. 1Fees payable in respect of reserved functions
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 23rd May 2008.

2Variation of fees

Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867f1 is amended in accordance with Article 3 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, this Order.

3Variation of fees

(1)

The entries and corresponding fees in Schedule B listed in Schedule 1 are deleted.

(2)

The contents of Schedule 2 are inserted as Part 1 (fees payable in respect of reserved functions) at the beginning of Schedule B.

Signature

DAVID CAIRNS

Minister of State, Scotland Office, Ministry of Justice

Dover House,

London

28th April 2008

Schedule 1

Column 1Column 2
(Matter to which fee relates)(Fee formerly payable)f1
£
On every patent of arms with supporters734.00
On every patent of arms without supporters448.00
On every extract from a register14.00
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept14.00
On the appointment of a herald11.00
On the appointment of a pursuivant11.00

1Fees payable in respect of reserved functions

Column 1Column 2
(Matter to which fee relates)(Fee payable)
£

Note: In Part 1–

  1. (a)

    “commercial organisation” means–

    1. (i)

      any partnership within the meaning of section 1 (definition of partnership) of the Partnership Act 1890f1;

    2. (ii)

      any limited liability partnership incorporated under section 2 (incorporation document etc.) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000f2;

    3. (iii)

      any company registered under the Companies Acts; or

    4. (iv)

      any overseas company having an established place of business in the United Kingdom,

    but does not include companies registered for charitable purposes, community interest companies within the meaning of Part 2 (community interest companies) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004f3 or private companies limited by guarantee; and

  2. (b)

    in paragraph (a) “Companies Acts” means the Companies Act 2006f4, any Act amending or replacing that Act and any former enactment relating to companies.
1

On every patent of arms

627.00
2

On every patent of supporters

401.00
3

On every patent of arms with supporters to a commercial organisation

2000.00
4

On every patent of arms without supporters to a commercial organisation

1599.00
5

On lodging a petition in respect of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 (which sum is then deducted from the total fees due on completion)

200.00
6

On every reprographic extract from a digital image of a registerMaximum charge

100.00
7

On every other extract from a register

20.00
8

On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept

20.00
9

On the appointment of a herald

10.00
10

On the appointment of a pursuivant

10.00

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the fees payable in respect of reserved functions in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 by replacing them with the fees listed in Schedule 2 to this Order. The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) (No. 2) Order 2008 comes into force immediately after the coming into force of this Order and varies the fees payable in respect of devolved functions in Schedule B by replacing them with the fees listed in the Schedule to that Order.