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(1) This order may be cited as the General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 17th December 2012.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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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.
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The General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010(e) is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th December 2012.
T. N. Caven
A 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 2 verifications) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification)
 Particular search 7.00 6.00
 Certified copy of any entry in a register 8.00 8.00
Article 37(5) Recording under Article 37(3) or (4), change of name or surname 35.00 (16.00 for second or subsequent members of the family) 35.00 (16.00 for second or subsequent members of the family)
Article 37(4C) Individual notification of a change of name or surname 8.00 -
Article 38 Search in a register in a registrar’s office 7.00 6.00
 Certified copy of entry in a register 8.00 8.00
Article 40 Short Birth Certificate:  
 First copy issued at time of registration of the birth Nil Nil
 Particular search 7.00 6.00
 Any copy issued thereafter 8.00 8.00
Article 40 Still-Birth Certificate:  
 First copy issued at time of registration of the still-birth Nil -
 Particular search 7.00 -
 Any copy issued thereafter 8.00 -
Article 40A Short Death Certificate:  
 First copy issued at time of registration in relation to the death of an infant child under 1 year old when birth and death are registered simultaneously Nil -
 Particular search 7.00 -
 Any copy issued thereafter 8.00 -
Article 40B(3) Individual notification of a birth or death registration 8.00 -
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 8.00 6.00
 For the purposes of the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and the Friendly Societies Act 1974  
 Certified copy of an entry 8.00 6.00
Article 42(3) Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in Schedule 1 to that Order 8.00 6.00
Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (2011 c.20)   
Section 30 Commemorative copy of birth, death, marriage or civil partnership entry 40.00 -
Section 31 Entry in Record of Northern Ireland Connections register under Section 31(2) (to include copy of entry) 40.00 -
 Search of indexes 7.00 -
 Document relating to an entry in the Record of Northern Ireland Connections 8.00 -
 General search of index (to include 2 verifications) 14.00(4.00 for each further verification) -
Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (N.I 3)   
Article 3(3)(b) Marriage notice 22.00 20.00
Article 19(1)(a) Solemnisation of a civil marriage 36.00 33.00
Article 35(3)(a) Search of indexes 7.00 6.00
Article 35(3)(b) Document relating to an entry in a marriage registration record 8.00 8.00
Article 35A(3) Individual notification of a marriage registration 8.00 -
Article 36 Document relating to the registration of marriages for the purposes of any prescribed statutory provision 8.00 6.00
Article 37 General search of indexes (to include 2 verifications) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification)
Article 37 Attendance by the registrar at his Office on Monday-Friday after 5pm or Saturdays 9am-5pm for the purpose of solemnising a civil marriage 126.00 116.00
Article 37 Attendance by the registrar at his Office on a Sunday, a Bank Holiday or a Saturday after 5pm for the purpose of solemnising a civil marriage 180.00 165.00
Article 37 Waiving of Marriage Notice Period (excluding death bed notice period) 22.00 20.00
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 c.33)   
Section 139(2)(b) Civil Partnership notice 22.00 20.00
Section 155(3)(a) Search of indexes 7.00 6.00
Section 155(3)(b) Document relating to an entry in a civil partnership registration record 8.00 8.00
Section 155A(3) Individual notification of a civil partnership registration 8.00 -
Section 156(1) Document relating to the registration of civil partnerships for the purposes of any prescribed statutory provisions 8.00 6.00
Section 157(1)(b) Registration of civil partnership 36.00 33.00
Section 157(1)(b) General search of indexes (to include 2 verifications) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification) 14.00 (4.00 for each further verification)
Section 157(1)(b) Attendance by the registrar at his Office on Monday-Friday after 5pm or Saturdays 9am-5pm for the purpose of registering a civil partnership 126.00 116.00
Section 157(1)(b) Attendance by the registrar at his Office on a Sunday, a Bank Holiday or a Saturday after 5pm for the purpose of registering a civil partnership 180.00 165.00





