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The Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1990

S.I. 1990/2636 · Made 19 December 1990

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MARRIAGE

Made 19th December 1990

Laid before Parliament 28th December 1990

Coming into force 1st April 1991

The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(1), 19(2), 25 and 26 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 15; section 3(1) was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; section 26 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Fees
  3. 3Fees
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

2Fees

(1)

The fee payable under section 3(1) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to the district registrar by each person submitting a marriage notice shall be £7.50.

(2)

The fee payable under section 19(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to an authorised registrar before solemnisation of a civil marriage shall be £16.

3Fees

The Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1989f1 are hereby revoked.

Signature

C. M. Glennie

Registrar General

New Register House,

Edinburgh

18th December 1990

Approved by the Secretary of State

Michael B. Forsyth

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th December 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out, with effect from 1st April 1991, the fees payable under sections 3(1) and 19(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (fees for the preliminaries to marriage and for the solemnisation of a civil marriage respectively). The fee under section 3(1) is increased from £6.50 to £7.50, and the fee under section 19(2) is increased from £15 to £16. The Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1989 are revoked.