The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2015

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st February 2016.

Fees

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the fees to be charged for authenticated copies or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) In the Schedule to these Regulations—

(a) where a fee is prescribed by reference to a period of time, the whole fee is payable in respect of an uncompleted period;

(b) where a fee is prescribed for a copy of an image by reference to a specified size, the size is that of the image to be copied and not that of the copy;

(c) where a fee is prescribed for a copy or photograph of a page of a record, the fee is payable for a copy or photograph of each individual side of a page which forms a record or part of a record;

(d) all fees are net of value added tax.

(3) The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed or to be performed has been, or is likely to be, exceptionally simple.

Revocation

3.  The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2013(1) are revoked.

John Whittingdale

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

14th December 2015

Charlie Elphicke

George Hollingbery

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

15th December 2015