Statutory Instruments
Fees And Charges
Made
30th June 2014
Laid before Parliament
1st July 2014
Coming into force
22nd July 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 22nd July 2014.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“Department” means the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and
“Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 adopted by the Council of the European Union on 20th December 2002(2) as amended from time to time.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in the Regulations, and which are also used in the Principal Regulation, shall have the meaning they bear in that Regulation.
3. The fee specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is prescribed as the fee payable in connection with the service provided by the Department in pursuance of the United Kingdom’s European Union obligations arising from Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.
4. A fee payable under regulation 3 above shall be paid to the Department at the same time that the application to which it relates is made to the Department.
5. The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004(3) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Mark Simmonds
The Parliamentary Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
30th June 2014
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Sam Gyimah
Mark Lancaster
Two of the Lords Commissioners
Her Majesty’s Treasury
25th June 2014
Regulation 3
| Description of Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Issue of a Community Certificate accompanying a shipment | £37 per certificate |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the fee to be paid to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in connection with the issue of certificates by the Department in pursuance of the European Union obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 (“the Principal Regulation”) implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds. The fee is in connection with the issue of Community Certificates under Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.
Fees in connection with the issue of such certificates were first prescribed in the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2003. The fees were subsequently increased by the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004, which are revoked by these Regulations. The present Regulations prescribe a single fee for the issuance of any Community Certificate accompanying a shipment.
A Regulatory Triage Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations which the Regulatory Policy Committee has confirmed is subject to the fast track procedure under the Better Regulation framework. Copies of the assessment may be obtained from the Government Diamond Office, Conflict Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH.