# The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968, Regulation 86: Recovery of fees, etc


(1) Save as provided in regulation 85, an officer shall refuse to comply with an application voluntarily made to him until there shall have been paid to him the fee chargeable or, if he is a non-salaried officer, so much of the fee as is payable by him to the council.
(2) In any case where, in pursuance of regulation 85 an officer complies with an application without prior payment of the fee or, as the case may be, so much of the fee as is payable by him to the council, he shall report the circumstances to the council within 7 days thereafter and shall, on receiving from the council an indemnity in respect of all costs and expenses which he may incur, take such steps as the council may require to recover the fee or, as the case may be, so much of the fee as is payable by him to them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/86 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-86
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