Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

(2) In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.

Fees payable

2.  In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4).

Revocations

3.  The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1999(1) and the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2000(2) are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Ruth Kelly

Financial Secretary to the Treasury

11th December 2002