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The General Register Office (Fees) Amendment Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 299

Registration Of Vital Events

The General Register Office (Fees) Amendment Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

12th November 2021

Coming into force

7th December 2021

The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 11 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019(1), makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the General Register Office (Fees) Amendment Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 7th December 2021.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to this order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

2.—(1) The General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016(3) is amended as follows:

(2) In the Schedule (Fees Payable) at the end of the table insert –

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Paragraph 7(3)Signing of conversion declarationNilNil

(3) The fee outlined at Article (2) will be in force until 6th December 2022.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 12th November 2021.

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Sharon Smyth

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 to prescribe the fee under the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No.2) Regulations 2020 relating to the signing of a conversion declaration for the conversion of a civil partnership to a marriage and a marriage to a civil partnership.

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