2Before section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (but after the cross-heading above that section) insert—
(1)The Minister may by regulations provide for fees to be payable to such persons as may be prescribed in respect of—
(a)the issue of a certificate under section 13(2);
(b)the carrying out of a search of—
(i)any register of births or register of deaths,
(ii)any index kept in relation to such a register, or
(iii)certified copies of entries in such a register;
(c)the provision of a certified copy, or other record of information, relating to an entry in a register of births or a register of deaths;
(d)the provision of a short certificate of birth or a short certificate of death (see sections 33 and 33A);
(e)such other birth or death registration services as may be prescribed.
(2)Regulations under this section may—
(a)specify the amount of any fee payable under the regulations, or
(b)set out how such a fee is to be determined.
(3)Subsection (4) applies where the regulations provide for a fee to be payable to a superintendent registrar or registrar.
(4)The regulations may provide for such part of the fee as may be specified by or determined in accordance with the regulations to be payable by the superintendent registrar or registrar to the Registrar General in prescribed circumstances.
(5)The regulations may provide for the reduction, waiver or refund of part or all of a fee whether by conferring a discretion or otherwise.
(6)In this section—
“birth or death registration services” means services in connection with the registration of births or deaths which are provided—
by or on behalf of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar or registrar, or
by any other person;
“prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made under this section.”