
1 
This Order may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2004.
2 
The fee payable under a statutory provision specified in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column 2 shall be the fee specified in relation to it in column 3.
3 
The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 3rd November 2003.
T. N. Caven
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE
Article 2


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Statutory Provision Service New Fee Old Fee
  £ p £ p
Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I. 14) Article 34(3) and (4) General search of indexes (to include 4 verifications) 9·00 (2·00 for each further verification) 8·00 (1·50 for each further verification)
 Particular search 5·00 4·00
 Certified copy of any entry in a register 5·00 5·00
Article 37(5) Entering, under Article 37(2), baptismal or other name (given after registration of birth) 13·00 12·50
 Recording under Article 37(3) or (4), change of name or surname 27·50 (13·50 for second or subsequent members of the family) 26·00 (13·00 for second or subsequent members of the family)
Article 38 Search in a register in a registrar’s office 5·00 4·00
 Certified copy of entry in a register 5·00 5·00
Article 40 Short Birth Certificate:  
 First copy issued at time of registration of the birth Nil Nil
 Particular search 5·00 4·00
 Any copy issued thereafter 5·00 5·00
Article 42(1) For the purposes of the Enactments specified in Schedule 1 to that Order but not the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (N.I. 13) or Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46)  
 Certified copy of an entry 5·00 4·00
 For the purposes of the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and the Friendly Societies Act 1974  
 Certified copy of an entry 5·00 4·00
Article 42(3) Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in Schedule 1 to that Order 5·00 4·00
Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (N.I. 3)   
Article 3(3)(b) Marriage notice 15·00 11·00
Article 19(1)(a) Solemnisation of a civil marriage 20·00 16·00
Article 35(3)(a) Search of indexes 5·00 4·00
Article 35(3)(b) Document relating to an entry in a marriage registration record 5·00 5·00
Article 36 Document relating to the registration of marriages for the purposes of any prescribed statutory provision 5·00 4·00
Article 37 General search of indexes (to include 4 verifications) 9·00 (2·00 for each further verification) 8·00 (1·50 for each further verification)
Article 37 Attendance by the registrar at his Office on Monday-Friday after 5pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm for the purpose of solemnising a civil marriage 73·00 —
Article 37 Attendance by the registrar at his Office on Sundays, Bank Holidays and Saturdays after 5pm for the purpose of solemnising a civil marriage. 106·00 —