
1 
This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.
2 
The fees payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the matters specified in column 2 shall be the fees specified in relation thereto in column 4 and each of those enactments shall have effect accordingly.
The provisions of this Order shall have effect in place of the provisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (No. 2) Order 1992 (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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Stephen Dorrell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health,
Department of Health
22nd January 1992
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Enactments 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 £15.00 £15.00
1887 c. 40 Savings Banks Act 1887
 Section 10 Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purpses of certain Acts £1.50 £1.50
1938 c. 69 Young Persons (Employment) Act 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 £16.00 £15.00
 Section 27(7) Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at his office for purposes of being given notice of marriage of housebound or detained person £30.00 £29.00
 Section 32(5) Licence for marriage £43.00 £42.00
 Section 41(6) Registration of building for solemnization of marriages £88.00 
   nt£86.00 
 Section 51(1) Fees of registrar for attending marriage—
  (i) at a register office £17.00 £16.00
  (ii) at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £28.00 £27.00
 Section 51(2) Fee for a superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides. £30.00 £29.00
 Section 57(4) Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage £1.30 £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 £5.50 £5.50
 Section 64(2)(a) General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars £14.00 £14.00
 Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £5.50 £5.50
 Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office £5.50 £5.50
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 £5.50 £5.50
 Section 31(2)(a) General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars £14.00 £14.00
 Section 31(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £5.50 £5.50
 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 from a superintendent registrar £2.50 £2.50
  (iv) A short certificate of birth obtained from a Registrar General £3.50 £3.50
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