S.I. No. 278/1987:

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS, 1987.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS, 1987.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 9 of the Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952 (No. 8 of 1952), by section 114 (2) of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), by section 150 (2) of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965), by section 5 (3) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 (No. 9 of 1977) and by section 303 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 , (No. 1 of 1981), with the consent of the Minister for Finance and, as respects article 10, with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, the Minister for Education, the Minister for Social Welfare and the Minister for Labour hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees and Allowances) Regulations, 1987.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 2nd day of November, 1987.

3. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees and Allowances) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 347 of 1984 ) and the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Reduced Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1984 ) are hereby revoked.

4. ( a ) The amount of the fee for each entry in an account of the births, deaths or marriages registered by a Registrar fixed by an enactment to which this article applies, is hereby altered to sixty-eight pence.

( b ) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

(i) section 54 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863.

(ii) section 21 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863 as amended by section 3 of the Registration of Marriages Act, 1936 (No. 35 of 1936).

5. The amount of the allowance payable under section 3 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1936 (No. 34 of 1936) is hereby altered to:--

( a ) one hundred and thirty six pounds in respect of each year; and

( b ) in the case of a part of a year during which a Registrar had held office, an amount bearing to one hundred and thirty six pounds the same ratio as the said part of such year bears to one year.

6. The amount of the allowance payable under section 2 of the Registration of Marriages Act, 1936 , is hereby altered to:--

( a ) thirty four pounds in respect of each year; and

( b ) in the case of a part of a year during which a Registrar has held office, an amount bearing to thirty four pounds the same ratio as the said part of such year bears to one year.

7. (a) The amount of the fee for each certified copy of any entry in a register of births, deaths or marriages fixed by each of the enactments to which this article applies is hereby altered to four pounds.

(b) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

sections 68, 69 and 70 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844;

sections 17, 18 and 19 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863;

section 50 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863;

sections 23 and 25 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880.

8. The amount of the fee for each short birth certificate (as defined in the Short Birth Certificate Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 215 of 1953 ) is hereby altered to two pounds.

9. ( a ) The amount of the fee for each particular search fixed by each of the enactments to which this article applies is hereby altered to one pound and fifty pence.

( b ) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

sections 69 and 70 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844;

sections 17, 18 and 19 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863;

section 50 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863;

sections 23 and 25 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880.

10. The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Reduced Fees) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 46 of 1982 ) as amended by the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Reduced Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 are hereby amended by the substitution in articles 3(a) and 5 of "seventy pence" for "sixty pence".

11. The amount of the fee for each search fixed by section 68 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844 is one pound and fifty pence for every search extending over a period of not more than one year and fifty pence additional for every additional year.

12. ( a ) The amount of the fee for each general search fixed by each of the enactments to which this article applies is hereby altered to twelve pounds.

( b ) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

section 70 of the Marriage (Ireland) Act, 1844; section 17 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863;

section 50 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863.

13. ( a ) The amount of the fee for each general search fixed by each of the enactments to which this article applies is hereby altered to six pounds.

( b ) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

section 69 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844;

section 18 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863;

section 23 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Births and Death, Registration Act (Ireland), 1880.

14. The fees fixed by section 23 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880 are hereby altered to the following amounts:--

( a ) for registration of a birth after three months and within twelve months, two pounds and fifty pence;

( b ) for registration of a birth or death after twelve months, four pounds and fifty pence;

( c ) for taking, attesting and transmitting a declaration respecting a birth which occurred in another district, two pounds;

( d ) for entering the baptismal or other name upon a certificate produced after registry of birth, one pound and fifty pence and

( e ) for the correction of an error of fact or substance in a register of births or deaths, two pounds and fifty pence.

15. The amount of the fee for a certificate of the registration of a birth, fixed by section 24 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland) 1880, is hereby altered to fifty pence.

16. The amount of the fee for:--

( a ) each entry in the Marriage Notice Book fixed by section 14 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844 is hereby altered to five pounds and fifty pence;

( b ) each certificate of an entry in the Marriage Notice Book fixed by section 16 of the said Act, is hereby altered to three pounds and fifty pence.

( c ) each licence for marriage, fixed by section 21 of the said act, is hereby altered to six pounds and fifty pence;

( d ) entering a caveat against the grant of a certificate or a licence for a marriage, fixed by section 23 of the said Act, is hereby altered to four pounds and fifty pence;

( e ) each marriage solemnised in the presence of a Registrar of Marriages, fixed by section 31 of the said Act, is hereby altered to thirteen pounds where the marriage is by licence or otherwise to six pounds and fifty pence.

17. The amount of the fee for each registered letter containing a copy of notice of intended marriage sent by the Registrar of Marriages fixed by section 3 of the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863, is hereby altered to two pounds.

18. ( a ) The amount of the fee fixed for the registration of a place of public worship by each of the enactments to which this article applies is hereby altered to thirty five pounds;

( b ) The enactments to which this article applies are:--

sections 7, 27 and 28 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844;

section 12 of the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863.

GIVEN under the official Seal of the Minister for Health this 27th day of October 1987.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 27th day of October 1987.

RAY MACSHARRY,

Minister for Finance.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce hereby consents to article 10 of these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 27th day of October 1987.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

The Minister for Education hereby consents to article 10 of these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Education this 27th day of October 1987.

MARY O'ROURKE,

Minister for Education.

The Minister for Social Welfare hereby consents to article 10 of these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 27th day of October 1987.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Labour hereby consents to article 10 of these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Labour this 27th day of October 1987.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to increase from the 2nd November, 1987 the entry fees and allowance payable to Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages, and the fee payable to (a) Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (b) Superintendent Registrars and (c) Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages for searches, certificates and other registration services.