Explanatory Notes

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 13

30 March 2006

Claimants and Applicants

Section 52: Fees: supplemental

132.Section 52(1) preserves the existing arrangement whereby fees for “consular functions” (as defined in the Consular Relations Act 1968) are set under the powers in the Consular Fees Act 1980.

133.Subsection (2) ensures that any orders already made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987, with reference to the powers to charge fees for immigration and nationality applications which are repealed in Schedule 2, shall be read as if they referred to the charging powers in section 51.