# The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/165 · made 8 February 1988

This Order specifies the fees payable for the year beginning 1st April 1988 under the Acts relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages and associated matters.

Made under: Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (Section 5, Schedule 3 paragraph 1, Schedule 3 paragraph 2)

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## Introductory text

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.
ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 8th February 1988
Laid before Parliament 15th February 1988
Coming into force 1st April 1988
The Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1987 (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column 5 of the Schedule to this Order) and that Order is accordingly revoked.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Skelmersdale
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Security
8th February 1988

## FEES PAYABLE

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Enactment specifying fees
Matter for which fee is payable
New fee
Old fee
1855 c. 81
Places of Worship Registration Act 1855
Section 5
Certification of place of meeting for religious worship
£12.00
£12.00
1887 c. 40
Savings Banks Act 1887
Section 10
Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts
£1.50
£1.50
1938 c. 69
Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938
Section 5
Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act
£1.50
£1.50
1944 c. 31
Education Act 1944
Section 94(1)
Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts
£1.50
£1.50
1949 c. 76
Marriage Act 1949
Section 27(6)
Entry in marriage notice book
£10.00
£10.00
Section 27(7)
Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purpose of being given notice of marriage of house-bound or detained person
£24.00
£24.00
Section 32(5)
Licence for marriage
£28.00
£28.00
Section 41(6)
Registration of building for solemnization of marriages
£70.00
£70.00
Section 51(1)
Fee of registrar for attending marriage—
(i) at a register office
£12.00
£11.00
(ii) at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides
£21.00
£20.00
Section 51(2)
Fee of a superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides
£24.00
£24.00
Section 57(4)
Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage
£1.20
£1.20
Section 63(1)(b)
Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection—
(i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar
£2.00
£2.00
(ii) in any other case
£5.00
£5.00
Section 64(2)(a)
General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendentregistrars
£12.00
£12.00
Section 64(2)(c)
Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection
£5.00
£5.00
Section 65(2)(c)
Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office
£5.00
£5.00
1950 c. 28
Shops Act 1950
Section 35(1)
Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act
£1.50
£1.50
1953 c. 20
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Section 13(2)
Issue of certificate of baptism
£1.00
£1.00
Section 30(2)(c)
Certified copy of entry following search of indexes kept at General Register Office
£5.00
£5.00
Section 31(2)(a)
General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars
£12.00
£12.00
Section 31(2)(c)
Certified copy of entry isued under that subsection
£5.00
£5.00
Section 32(c)
Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars
£2.00
£2.00
Section 33(1)
(i) Short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration, or if more than one such certificate is obtained, the first of these
NIL
NIL
(ii) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar
£1.50
£1.50
(iii) A short certificate of birth obtained in any other case
£2.50
£2.50
1961 c. 34
Factories Act 1961
Section 178(1)
Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act
£1.50
£1.50
1974 c. 46
Friendly Societies Act 1974
Section 106(2) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8
Certificate of birth or death for purposes of certain Acts
£1.50
£1.50
1975 c. 14
Social Security Act 1975
Section 160(2)
Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts
£1.50
£1.50

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the fees payable for the year beginning 1st April 1988 under the Acts relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages and associated matters.
The fees payable under section 51(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 are increased, but otherwise the fees payable from 1st April 1988 are the same as those payable before.

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