
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1994.
(2) The following provisions of this Order shall come into force on 1st February 1995—
(a) Articles 1 and 2;
(b) Article 4 for the purposes of revoking so much of the Order specified in it as relates to the fees payable under the enactments specified in column (1) of Part I of the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Except as provided by paragraph (2) of this Article, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1995.
2 
The fee payable in England and Wales under an enactment specified in column (2) of Part I of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column (3) shall be the fee specified in relation to it in column (4) and each of those enactments shall have effect accordingly.
3 
The fee payable in England and Wales under an enactment specified in column (2) of Part II of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column (3) shall be the fee specified in relation to it in column (4) and each of those enactments shall have effect accordingly.
4 
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1993 (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column (5) of the Schedule to this Order) is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
16th December 1994
SCHEDULE
Articles 2 and 3
PART I

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Enactment specifying fees Matter for which fee is payable New fee Old fee
1887 c. 40 Savings Banks Act 1887
 Section 10 Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts £2.00 £2.00
1944 c. 31 Education Act 1944
 Section 94(1) Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts £2.00 £2.00
1949 c. 76 Marriage Act 1949
 Section 32(5) Licence for marriage £45.00 £45.00
 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 £2.50 £2.50
  
(ii) in any other case £5.50 £5.50
 Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £5.50 £5.50
 Section 65(2)(c) Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office £6.00 £5.50
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 £6.00 £5.50
 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 £2.50 £2.50
 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 £2.00 £2.00
  
(iii) A short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar £3.00 £3.00
  
(iv) A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General £4.00 £3.50
1961 c. 34 Factories Act 1961
 Section 178(1) Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act £2.00 £2.00
1992 c. 5 Social Security Administration Act 1992
 Section 124(3) Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts £2.00 £2.00
PART II

(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 £17.00 £16.00
1949 c. 76 Marriage Act 1949
 Section 27(6) Entry in marriage notice book £19.00 £18.00
 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 £35.00 £32.00
 Section 41(6) Registration of buildings for solemnization of marriages £93.00 £90.00
 Section 51(1) Fee of registrar for attending marriage—
(i) at register office £23.00 £19.00
  
(ii) at registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £33.00 £31.00
 Section 51(2) Fee of superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £35.00 £32.00
 Section 57(4) Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage £1.80 £1.60
 Section 64(2)(a) General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars £16.00 £15.00
1953 c. 20 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
 Section 31(2)(a) General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars £16.00 £15.00