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The Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2150 · Made 27 July 1999

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FEES AND CHARGES

Made 27th July 1999

Laid before Parliament 30th July 1999

Coming into force 23rd August 1999

The Secretary of State for the Home Department, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973f1 and section 128 of the Finance Act 1990f2 and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 51.

f2

1990 c. 29.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Prescription of fees
  4. 4Payment of fees
  5. 5Payment into the Consolidated Fund
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd August 1999.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations–

  • “Convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Refugee Convention (travel documents) or Article 28 of the Stateless Persons Convention (travel documents);

  • “the Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951f1 and the Protocol to the Conventionf2; and

  • “the Stateless Persons Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954f3.

3Prescription of fees

A fee of £21 is payable for the issue of a Convention travel document by the Home Office.

4Payment of fees

(1)

The fee payable under regulation 3 is to be paid to the Home Office at the same time as an application is made to it for the issue of a Convention travel document.

(2)

If the fee is not so paid, the Home Office need not issue the document unless and until the fee is thereafter paid to it.

(3)

If the fee is so paid but the Home Office refuses to issue the document, the fee is to be refunded to the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

5Payment into the Consolidated Fund

A fee paid to the Home Office under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Signature

Jack Straw

Secretary of State for the Home

Department

Home Office

26th July 1999

We consent,

Bob Ainsworth

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

27th July 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the fee which is to be paid by a refugee or stateless person for the issue of a travel document by the Home Office in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28th July 1951 or Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons adopted on 28th September 1954.

No fee has previously been prescribed for the issue of these documents. A charge of £21 has however been made for the issue of these documents.