Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in


“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th November, 2015.


I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

(adapted by the Civil Registration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 (

S.I. No. 831 of 2007

)),

25

,

46

(amended by

section 9

of the

Marriage Act 2015

(No. 35 of 2015)),

61

,

62

and

67

of the

Civil Registration Act 2004

(No. 3 of 2004), hereby make the following Regulations:


Citation.


1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Registration (Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships) (Fees) Regulations 2015.


Commencement.


2. These Regulations come into operation on 16 November 2015.


Interpretation.


3. In these Regulations—


“Principal Act” means

Civil Registration Act 2004

(No. 3 of 2004);


“register” has the meaning assigned to it in section 13 of the Principal Act.


Prescribed fees for copies or extracts of entries in registers.


4. (1) The prescribed fee payable in accordance with sections 61(1)(b), 61(2)(b) and 62(2)(b) of the Principal Act for each certified copy or certified extract of an entry in a register of—


(a) births,


(b) stillbirths,


(c) marriages,


(d) civil partnerships, or


(e) deaths,


shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 1 in column (1).


(2) The prescribed fee payable in accordance with sections 61(1)(b) and 61(2)(b) of the Principal Act for each uncertified copy of an entry in a register of—


(a) births,


(b) marriages,


(c) civil partnerships, or


(d) deaths,


shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 2 in column (1).


Fee for authentication of copies of entries in registers.


5. The fee payable for the authentication of a certified copy or certified extract of an entry in a register of—


(a) births,


(b) stillbirths,


(c) marriages,


(d) civil partnerships, or


(e) deaths,


shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 3 in column (1).


Prescribed fee for searches of index to register.


6. The prescribed fee payable in accordance with section 61(1)(a) of the Principal Act for each search of the index to any of the registers specified in Regulation 4(2) shall—


(a) where the period of time within the search dates specified for that search is 5 years or less, be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 4 in column (1), and


(b) where the period of time within the search dates specified for that search is greater than 5 years and the time taken to conduct that search does not exceed 7 consecutive hours, be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 5 in column (1).


Prescribed fee for registration or alteration of forename of child.


7. The prescribed fee payable in accordance with section 25(1) of the Principal Act for the registration, change, alteration or addition of a forename of a child in the register of births shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 6 in column (1).


Prescribed fee for notification of intention to marry.


8. The fee prescribed for—


(a) the notification of the intention to marry, in accordance with section 46(3) of the Principal Act, shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 7 in column (1), or


(b) the notification of the intention to marry in accordance with section 46(1)(a)(II) of the Principal Act, shall be the amount set out in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, opposite reference 8 in column (1).


Revocations.


9. The following Regulations are revoked—


The Civil Registration (Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships) (Fees) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 17 of 2013

)


SCHEDULE


Matters in relation to which Fees Payable(1)



Amount of Fee Payable(2)
1. Certified copy or certified extract of an entry in each of the registers specified in Regulation 4(1)



€20
2. Uncertified copy of an entry in each of the registers specified in Regulation 4(2)



€4
3. Authentication of certified copy or certified extract of an entry in each of the registers specified in Regulation 5



€10
4. Search of index to a register specified in Regulation 6(a)



€2
5. Search of index to a register specified in Regulation 6(b)



€20
6. Registration, change, alteration or addition of a forename of a child in the register of births specified in Regulation 7



€5
7. Notification of intention to marry specified in Regulation 8(a)



€200
8. Notification of intention to marry specified in Regulation 8(b)



€50

GIVEN under my Official Seal,


10 November 2015.


JOAN BURTON,


Minister for Social Protection.


EXPLANATORY NOTE


(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)


These Regulations set the fees required to be paid for—


• obtaining copies or extracts of entries in the registers of births, deaths, marriages etc,


• the authentication of copies of entries in these registers,


• searching the index of these registers,


• registration or alteration of the forename of a child in the register of births,


• the notification of the intention to marry, and


• the notification of the intention to marry when in a subsisting civil partnership.