2014 No. 1684

Fees And Charges

The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

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:

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Marginal Citations

Citation and commencement1

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

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “Department” means F1the 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.

Prescription of fees3

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.

Payment of fees4

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.

Revocation5

The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004 M3 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

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Sam GyimahMark Lancaster Two of the Lords Commissioners Her Majesty's Treasury

SCHEDULEPRESCRIBED FEES

Regulation 3

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Amendments (Textual)

Description of Service

Fee

Issue of a F3United Kingdom 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.