Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 298 (S.28)

ARMORIAL BEARINGS, ENSIGNS AND FLAGS

The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1993

Made

9th February 1993

Laid before Parliament

26th February 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of, as read with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Variation of fees

2. Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867(2) shall be amended in accordance with article 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Order.

3. In relation to those matters in Schedule B which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the fees payable shall be varied by substituting the fees specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order for the fees specified in column 3 of that Schedule (being the fees payable immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order).

4. The Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1992(3) is hereby revoked.

Fraser of Carmyllie

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

9th February 1993

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Matter to which fee relates)	(Fee payable)	(Fee formerly payable)(4)
	£	£
On every patent of arms with supporters	651.00	626.00
On every patent of arms without supporters	405.00	389.00
On every matriculation of arms with supporters, without a new patent	222.00	213.00
On every matriculation of arms without supporters, without a new patent	170.00	160.00
On every matriculation of arms without a new patent of arms, but with a patent of supporters	468.00	450.00
On every genealogy recorded	137.00	132.00
Additional for each member of the pedigree	5.50	5.00
Certificate regarding change of surname	49.00	47.00
Search in register of arms	5.50	5.00
Search in register of genealogies	7.00	7.50
General search in heraldic MSS	42.00	41.00
General search in genealogical MSS	42.00	41.00
On every extract from a register	11.00	10.00
On entering a caveat	29.00	27.00
On admission of a messenger-at-arms	148.00	142.00
Annual dues of a messenger-at-arms	24.00	23.00
On recording resignation or change of residence of a messenger	5.50	5.00
On search for a messenger's cautioner	5.00	4.50
On every certified statement of name and designation of such cautioner, and date of bond	8.00	7.50
On extracting each warrant, decree, or precept of suspension, first sheet	11.00	10.00
On ditto, each subsequent sheet	5.50	5.00
On affixing seal of office to warrant, decree or precept	11.00	10.00
On examining executions of service and intimations of precepts of suspension, marking them on the record and giving out certificates	11.00	10.00
On lending process and taking receipt	5.50	5.00
On return of process and scoring receipt	5.50	5.00
On re-admission of a messenger-at-arms	29.00	27.00
On the appointment of a herald	10.00	10.50
On the appointment of a pursuivant	10.00	10.50

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the fees for those matters listed in Schedule B to the Lyon King of Arms Act 1867 which are specified in the Schedule to the Order. The fees were last varied in 1992. These fees are exclusive of stamp duty when stamp duty is exigible.

(1)

1968 c. 14.

(2)

1867 c. 17; Schedule B was last amended by S.I. 1992/305.

(3)

S.I. 1992/305.

(4)

This column shows the fees which were payable under Schedule B to 1867 c. 17 as amended by S.I. 1992/305 before the coming into force of the Lyon Court and Office Fees (Variation) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/298) on 1st April 1993.