SCHEDULE 4FEES FOR APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES AND SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH NATIONALITY

Responsibility for paying the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony

4.—(1) The fee specified in fee 10.4.1 in Table 10 for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is payable by the person who is required by section 42 of the 1981 Act(1) to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony.

(2) Where the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is not paid in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the Secretary of State will not consider any related application for registration or naturalisation made by the person responsible for paying that fee.

(1)

Section 42 was substituted by section 3 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).