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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/travel-documents-fees-regulations-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/travel-documents-fees-regulations-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3339",
  "legislation_title": "The Travel Documents (Fees) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/travel-documents-fees-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prescribe fees in connection with applications to the Secretary of State for three types of Home Office travel document: Convention travel documents, documents of identity and certificates of identity.\nConvention travel documents are issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28th July 1951 and Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons adopted on 28th September 1954. Fees for this type of travel document were first prescribed in The Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999 No. 2150, which is revoked by these Regulations. The fee for a Convention travel document has increased by £7 to £28. This is in line with the increase in the fee for a standard adult passport which takes effect on 16th December 1999 (The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999 No. 3132).\nDocuments of identity are issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to any foreign national in the United Kingdom and enable the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom. No fee has previously been prescribed in connection with applications for these documents, although a charge of £21 has been made. The fee for a document of identity has increased to £28 in line with the increase in the fee for a standard adult passport.\nCertificates of identity are issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to certain foreign nationals who do not qualify for a Convention travel document. Broadly, these nationals are persons who have been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom indefinitely or on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules (Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 395 (1994))) and who do not have, or are unable to obtain, a valid passport from their own national authorities. No fee has previously been prescribed in connection with applications for these documents, although a charge of £67 has been made.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3339/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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