Marriage and Civil Partnership (Amendments – Fees) (Jersey) Order 2021

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Marriage and Civil Partnership (Amendments – Fees) (Jersey) Order 2021

Made                                                                                            20th December 2021

Coming into force                                                                           1st January 2022

THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS makes this Order under Article 72 of the Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012 and Articles 23, 74 and 82A of the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001 –

1        Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 2012 amended

In the table in Schedule 3 to the Civil Partnership (Forms, Registration and Fees) (Jersey) Order 2012, in the items relating to Article 21(2)(a) and Article 21(2)(b), for “£20” there is substituted “£30.75”.

2        Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Order 2018 amended

(1)     This Article amends Schedule 1 to the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Order 2018.

(2)     In the heading to Part 1, after “FEES” there is inserted “PAYABLE UNDER THIS ORDER”.

(3)     In the table in Part 1, in the third column (fee) –

(a)     in item 1, for “£150” there is substituted “£153.75”;

(b)     in item 3, for “£200” there is substituted “£205”.

(4)     In the heading to Part 2, after “FEES” there is inserted “PAYABLE UNDER THIS ORDER”.

(5)     In the table in Part 2, in the third column (fee) –

(a)     in item 1 –

(i)      for “£125” there is substituted “£230”,

(ii)      for “£25” there is substituted “£130”;

(b)     in item 2 –

(i)      for “£400” there is substituted “£430”,

(ii)      for “£100” there is substituted “£130”.

(c)     in item 3, for the entire entry there is substituted “£102.50”;

(d)     in item 4 –

(i)      for “£400” there is substituted “£430”,

(ii)      for “£100” there is substituted “£130”.

(6)     For the table in Part 3 there is substituted –

 

“Item No.

Description

Article of the Law

Fee

1.

Application for a notice of intended marriage

8(1)(b)

£205

2.

Request for and issuance of a marriage schedule

15(2) and (3)(c)

£307.50

3.

Request for and issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage

16(2) and (3)(c)

£102.50 per applicant

4.

Change of date, time or location contained in the published notice of intended marriage

18(3)

£51.25

5.

Application for conversion

19(1)(b)

£205

6.

Request for and issuance of a conversion declaration form

21(2) and 21(3)(c)

£307.50

7.

Solemnization of a marriage by conversion

22(3)(a)

£0

8.

Superintendent Registrar’s attendance to sign forms and do identity checks in special circumstances

24(3)(b)

£51.25

9.

Amendments to a marriage schedule, book or certificate arising from special circumstances

24(3)(b)

£76.88

10.

Fee for each marriage that a registrar registers under Article 24A(3) or (4) and for the provisions of returns or registers

24A(5)

£10.25

11.

Search of books, indexes, registers, notices or entries held at the office of the Superintendent Registrar

24C(2) and (4)

£92.25

12.

Registration of birth more than 21 days and less than 6 months after the birth

52(3)(b)

£205

13.

Re-registration of birth

57(6)

£56.38

14.

Request to register a name as altered or given within one year of birth

58(1)

£56.38

15.

Certificate required under Article 58(1) where the name of a child is altered or given in baptism

58(3)

£56.38

16.

Short birth certificate –

60(1) or 60(2)

 

(a)     if issued on the same day that the application is made;

£20.50

(b)     if issued after the day on which the application is made

£10.25

17.

Copy of entry in register kept by a registrar under the Law

78(2)

£30.75

18.

Search of indexes

78(3)(a)

£0

19.

Copy certified under the hand of the Superintendent Registrar of any entry in a book or register –

78(3)(b)

 

(a)     if issued on the same day that the application is made;

£61.50

(b)     if issued after the day on which the application is made

£30.75

20.

Search of indexes by Superintendent Registrar

80C

£30.75 per hour or part of an hour

21.

Proof of life letter

80C

£51.25

22.

Re-registration of surname

Schedule 2A paragraph 2

£56.38

23.

Supplementary fee for use of the office of the Superintendent Registrar as a location for the solemnization of a marriage taking place on Monday to Friday

80C

£20.50

24.

Supplementary fee for use of office of the Superintendent Registrar as a location for the solemnization of marriage taking place on Saturday, Sunday or a bank holiday

80C

£102.50

25.

Solemnization of a marriage by the Superintendent Registrar or Deputy Superintendent Registrar on Monday to Friday at the office of the Superintendent Registrar

80C

£0

26.

Solemnization of a marriage by the Superintendent Registrar or Deputy Superintendent Registrar on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday at the office of the Superintendent Registrar

80C

£153.75

27.

Solemnization of a marriage by the Superintendent Registrar or Deputy Superintendent Registrar at any approved location other than the office of the Superintendent Registrar

80C

£153.75

28.

Delivery of a certificate or document by Superintendent Registrar to the Customs and Immigration Department for an apostille

80C

£20.50”.

3        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Amendments – Fees) (Jersey) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st January 2022.

Deputy G.C.U. Guida of St. Lawrence

Minister for Home Affairs

 

 


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