The Immigration Services Commissioner (Registration Fee) Order 2000

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immigration Services Commissioner (Registration Fee) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th October 2000.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;

“registration” means registration or (as the case may be) continued registration, under section 84(2)(a) or (b) of the Act;

“relevant advisers” means, in respect of—

(a)

an individual, that individual together with—

(i)

the number of employees of that individual who provide immigration advice or immigration services, excluding such employees who are qualified persons under sections 84(2)(c) to (f) of the Act, or who are persons to whom section 84(4) of the Act applies; and

(ii)

the number of persons who provide immigration advice or immigration services who work under the supervision of that individual and his employees, excluding such persons who are qualified persons under sections 84(2)(c) to (f) of the Act, or who are persons to whom section 84(4) of the Act applies;

(b)

a body corporate or unincorporate—

(i)

the number of members and employees of that body who provide immigration advice or immigration services, excluding such members and employees who are qualified persons under sections 84(2)(c) to (f) of the Act, or who are persons to whom section 84(4) of the Act applies; and

(ii)

the number of persons who provide immigration advice or immigration services who work under the supervision of such members and employees, excluding such persons who are qualified persons under sections 84(2)(c) to (f) of the Act, or who are persons to whom section 84(4) of the Act applies;

“sole immigration adviser” means an individual who does not employ any other person to provide immigration advice or immigration services and who does not have any person who works under his supervision or the supervison of any of his employees who provides immigation advice or immigration services.

Fee for registration

3.  The fee payable by a sole immigration adviser for registration shall be £1,800.

4.  The fee payable by any other person for registration shall be determined by the number of relevant advisers in respect of that person at the date of his application for registration, and shall be the sum specified for such number of relevant advisers in the Schedule to this Order.

Barbara Roche

Minister of State

Home Office

5th October 2000