Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
1992 No. 217

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Made
13th May 1992

Coming into operation
1st July 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees, etc.) Act (Northern Ireland) 1955(1) as modified by section 40 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973(2), Article 47 of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(3), Article 15 of the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(4) and section 9 of the Marriage Act 1983(5) I hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1992.

Fees payable

2.  For the amounts of the fees payable under the several enactments set forth in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of the services described in column 2 and specified respectively in column 3, there shall be substituted the increased amounts specified respectively in column 4 thereof.

Fees for services under the Marriage Act 1983

3.—(1) Any fee payable for a service provided under those provisions of the Marriage Act 1983 set forth in column 1 of the Schedule being a service described in column 2, shall be payable by the person who gives notice of intention to marry under section 3(2) of that Act, except that no such fee shall be payable by any person who is in receipt of benefit under section 122(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(6).

(2) Any fee payable by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be payable to the Registrar General.

Revocation of Order

4.  The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989(7) is hereby revoked.

P. B. B. Mayhew
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Dated 13th May 1992.

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULEFees Payable

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4

Enactment
Service
Amount
Increased Amount

£ p
£ p

Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844 (c. 81)

Section 7
Registration of meeting house
2.50
3.00

Section 8
Minister’s licence for marriage
8.50
9.00

Section 10
Entry by minister in marriage notice book
3.50
4.00

Section 14
Entry by registrar in marriage notice book
3.50
4.00

Section 16
Certificate of entry of notice in marriage notice book
2.00
2.50

Section 21
Registrar’s licence for marriage
8.50
9.00

Section 27
Registration of place of public religious worship for solemnization of marriages
2.50
3.00

Section 28
Registration of substituted place of public religious worship for solemnization of marriages
2.50
3.00

Section 31
Marriage solemnized by licence in presence of registrar
8.00
9.50

Marriage solemnized by certificate in presence of registrar
8.00
9.50

Section 68
Search in register book: In respect of each year or part thereof to which the search extends
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of entry therein
3.00
3.50

Section 69
Searches in registrar’s office in indexes of register books:

General search
4.50
5.00

Particular search
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of any entry in register book
3.00
3.50

Section 70
Searches in General Register Office in indexes of registers:

General search
4.50
5.00

Particular search
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of any entry in register
3.00
3.50

Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1863 (c. 27)

Section 12
Registration of place of public worship
2.50
3.00

Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act 1863 (c. 90)

Section 17
Searches in General Register Office in indexes of registers:

General search
4.50
5.00

Particular search
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of any entry in register
3.00
3.50

Section 18
Searches in registrar’s office in indexes of register books:

General search
4.50
5.00

Particular search
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of any entry in register book
3.00
3.50

Section 19
Search in registrar’s office in register book:

In respect of each year or part thereof to which the search extends
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of an entry in register book
3.00
3.50

Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 (c. 110)

Section 35
Licence for marriage
8.50
9.00

Entry in marriage notice book
3.50
4.00

Savings Banks Act 1887 (c. 40)

Section 10
Certificate of birth, death or marriage, for purposes of certain Acts
1.50
2.00

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees, etc.) Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 29)

Section 2(1)
For the purposes of the enactments specified in the Second Schedule to that Act: Certified copy of entry
1.50
2.00

Section 2(2)
Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in the Second Schedule to that Act
1.50
2.00

Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I. 14)

Article 34(3) and (4)
Searches in General Register

Office in indexes of registers:

General search
4.50
5.00

Particular search
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of any entry in register
3.00
3.50

Article 37(5)
Entering, under Article 37(2), baptismal or other name (given after registration of birth)
1.50
2.00

Recording under Article 37(3) or (4), change of name or surname
7.00
8.00

Article 38
Search in register in registrar’s office
1.50
2.00

Certified copy of entry in register
3.00
3.50

Article 40
Short Birth Certificate: First copy issued at time of registration of the birth
Nil
Nil

Any copy issued thereafter
2.50
3.50

Article 42(1)
For the purposes of the enactments specified in Schedule 1 to that Order but not the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (N.I. 13), the Friendly Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 31), or the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46):

Certified copy of entry
1.50
2.00

For the purposes of the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, the Friendly Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, and the Friendly Societies Act 1974:

Certified copy of entry
3.00
3.50

Article 42(3)
Furnishing information for the purposes of any enactment specified in Schedule 1 to that Order
1.50
2.00

Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32)

Section 3(2)
Attendance of Registrar of Marriages at a person’s residence for the purpose of taking notice of intended marriage
12.00
14.00

Section 4
Issue of Registrar General’s licence
8.50
9.00

Section 5
Attendance of Registrar of Marriages at a person’s residence for the purpose of solemnization
12.00
14.00

Section 5
Solemnization by Registrar of Marriages
5.00
6.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases various fees payable under the Births, Deaths and Marriages enactments relating to:
(a)licences and other preliminary proceedings for marriage;
(b)registration for marriage purposes of meeting houses and other places of worship;
(c)registration of births, deaths and marriages.
It provides by whom and to whom fees are payable for services under the Marriage Act 1983 and exempts any person in receipt of income support from payment for those services.


(1)
1955 c. 29 (N.I.)

(2)
1973 c. 36

(3)
S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14)

(4)
S.I. 1976/1212 (N.I. 21)

(5)
1983 c. 32

(6)
1992 c. 7

(7)
S.R. 1989 No. 158