The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1684

Fees And Charges

The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014

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 M1 with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c.51.

Citation and commencement U.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 22nd July 2014.

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“Department” means [F1 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office], and

“Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 adopted by the Council of the European Union on 20th December 2002 M2 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 20

Marginal Citations

M2 O.J. L. 358 31.12.2002, p.28.

Prescription of fees U.K.

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 F2 ... Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/844), regs. 1, 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Payment of fees U.K.

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.

Revocation U.K.

5.  The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004 M3 are revoked.

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 2004/686.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Mark Simmonds

The Parliamentary Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Sam Gyimah

Mark Lancaster

Two of the Lords Commissioners

Her Majesty's Treasury

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE U.K. PRESCRIBED FEES

Description of Service	Fee
Issue of a [F3 United Kingdom certificate] accompanying a shipment	£37 per certificate

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. substituted (31.12.2020) by The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/844), regs. 1, 2(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Explanatory Note

(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.