The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2634

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 2002

Made

22nd October 2002

Coming into force

21st November 2002

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of October 2002

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the 21st November 2002.

2.  The Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) paragraph (g) of Article 2 shall be deleted;

(b) for Fees 12 to 16A and 19, set out in Part II of the table of consular fees in the Schedule annexed to that Order, there shall be substituted the following—

	£
12.  Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable— (a) for applications made by post in the UK (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over	33.00
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)	19.00
(b) for applications made in person in the UK (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the fast-track service	63.00
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the fast-track service	49.00
(iii) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the premium service	78.00
(iv) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the premium service	64.00
(c) for applications made abroad (i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over	54.40
(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years (for a passport valid for 5 years)	34.70
13.  Issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable— (a) for applications made by post in the UK	40.00
(b) for applications made in person in the UK (i) using the fast-track service	70.00
(ii) using the premium service	85.00
(c) for applications made abroad	65.20
14.  Issuing a collective passport— (a) for applications made by post in the UK	39.00
(b) for applications made in person in the UK	54.00
(c) for applications made abroad	50.00
15.  Amending or extending an existing passport (a) for applications made by post in the UK	22.50
(b) for applications made in person in the UK (i) using the fast-track service	52.50
(ii) using the premium service	67.50
(c) for applications made abroad	45.00
16.  Extending a passport to 10 years validity where the holder was under 16 years of age at the time of issue of the existing passport and the passport was issued for an initial 5 year period before 26th March 1998— (a) for applications made by post in the UK	0.00
(b) for applications made in person in the UK (i) using the fast-track service	30.00
(ii) using the premium service	45.00
(c) for applications made abroad	0.00
19.  Issuing and, where required, preparing an Emergency Passport or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport, or accepting a Declaration of Identity on which a visa is to be granted and issuing a certificate on such declaration describing the applicant	33.90

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999 in order to increase certain passport fees: Fee 12(a)(i) from £30 to £32.50; Fee 12(a)(ii) from £16 to £19; Fee 12(b)(i) from £60 to £62.50; Fee 12(b)(ii) from £46 to £49; Fee 12(b)(iii) from £75 to £77.50; Fee 12(b)(iv) from £61 to £64; Fee 12(c)(i) from £49 to £53.70; Fee 12(c)(ii) from £29 to £34.50; Fee 13(c) from £60 to £64.20; Fee 15(a) from £18 to £22.50; Fee 15(b)(i) from £48 to £52.50; Fee 15(b)(ii) from £63 to £67.50; Fee 15(c) from £40 to £45; and Fee 19 from £30 to £33.90. The Order also decreases certain other passport fees: Fee 13(a) from £40 to £39; Fee 13(b)(i) from £70 to £69; Fee 13(b)(ii) from £85 to £84; Fee 14(a) from £42 to £39; and Fee 14(b) from £57 to £54. The Order clarifies that, with the exception of applications for a collective passport under Fee 14, passport applications made in person in the UK (under subparagraph (b) of each Fee) may only be made using the fast-track or premium services. Fee 16A is deleted in consequence. Finally, the definition of “replacement passport” in the Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 1999 has been deleted as redundant.

(1)

1980 c. 23.

(2)

S.I. 1999/3132 as amended by the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3498) and the Consular Fees Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1627).