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(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.
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In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4).
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The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1995 (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 Chancellor of the Exchequer
Angela Knight
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
16th December 1996
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Enactment specifying fees Matter or case for which fee is payable Fee as from 1st April 1997 Old fee (where different)
1855 c. 81 Places of Worship Registration Act 1855   
Section 5 Certification of place of meeting for religious worship £25.00 £17.00
1887 c. 40 Savings Banks Act 1887   
Section 10 Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts £2.50 £2.00
1949 c. 76 Marriage Act 1949   
Section 27(6) Entry in marriage notice book £20.00 £19.00
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 £37.00 
Section 32(5) Licence for marriage £45.00 
Section 41(6) Registration of buildings for solemnization of marriages £110.00 £93.00
Section 51(1) Fee of registrar for attending marriage—
(i) at register office £27.00 £25.00
(ii) at registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £35.00 
Section 51(2) Fee of superintendent registrar attending marriage at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides £37.00 
Section 57(4) Sum paid to incumbent, etc. for every entry contained in quarterly certified copies of entries of marriage £2.00 £1.80
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 £3.00 £2.50
(ii) in any other case £6.00 £5.50
Section 64(2)(a) General search of indexes of register books kept by superintendent registrars £18.00 £17.00
Section 64(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £6.00 £5.50
Section 65(2)(c) Certified copy of entry, following a search of indexes kept at General Register Office £6.00 
1953 c. 20 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953   
Section 13(2) Issue of certificate of baptism £1.00 
Section 30(2)(c) Certified copy of entry, following search of indexes kept at General Register Office £6.00 
Section 31(2)(a) General search of indexes kept by superintendent registrars £18.00 £17.00
Section 31(2)(c) Certified copy of entry issued under that subsection £6.00 £5.50
Section 32(c) Certified copy of entry in registers kept by registrars £3.00 £2.50
Section 33(1) (i) A short certificate of birth obtained at the time of registration, or if more than one such certificate is obtained, the first of these NIL
(ii) Any other short certificate of birth obtained from a registrar £3.00 £2.00
(iii) A short certificate of birth obtained from a suprintendent registrar £4.00 £3.00
(iv)  A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from a certified copy of an entry in the registers of live-births £5.00 £4.00
(v) A short certificate of birth obtained from the Registrar General where that certificate is compiled from any other records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General £4.00
1961 c. 34 Factories Act 1961   
Section 178(1) Extract of entry in birth register for purposes of that Act £2.50 £2.00
1992 c. 5 Social Security Administration Act 1992   
Section 124(3) Certificate of birth, death or marriage for purposes of certain Acts £2.50 £2.00
1996 c. 56 Education Act 1996   
Section 564(1) Copy of entry in birth register for purposes of certain Acts £2.50 £2.00