2010 No. 428

Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc.

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2010

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 19681 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2010 and comes into force on 1st January 2011.

2

In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.

Fees2

The enactments in column 1 are amended by increasing the sum specified by that enactment as the amount or maximum amount payable in respect of the matter described in column 2 from the sum shown in column 3 to the sum shown in column 4.

Revocation3

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 20092 is revoked.

JIM MATHERAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Article 2

1

Enactment

2

Matter

3

Sum specified as amount or maximum amount payable on and after 1st April 2009

£

4

Sum specified as amount or maximum amount payable on and after 1st January 2011

£

Savings Bank Act 1887 (c.40), sections 10 and 10B3

Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts

9.00

10.00

Factories Act 1961 (c.34), section 178(1)4

Certified extract of entry in register of births, for purposes of that Act

9.00

10.00

Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44), section 84(1)5

Certified copy of entry in register of births, for purposes of certain Acts

9.00

10.00

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5), sections 124(3) and 124B(1)6

Certified copy of entry of particulars of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts

9.00

10.00

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends fees payable, under certain provisions of the Savings Bank Act 1887, the Factories Act 1961, the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 for certificates of birth, death or marriage for the purposes of those Acts (article 2). The new fees are set out in the Schedule.

The Order also revokes the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2009 (article 3).