Immigration Bill (HL Bill 96)

23 In section 30 (searches of indexes kept by Registrar General)—

(a) in subsection (2), omit from “, on payment” to the end, and

(b) in subsection (3), omit “and on payment as aforesaid of the
appropriate fee aforesaid”.

24 5In section 31 (searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars) in
subsection (2), omit from “, on payment” to the end.

25 In section 32 (searches in registers kept by registrars) omit from “, on
payment” to the end of paragraph (c).

26 In section 33 (short certificate of birth) in subsection (1), omit from “on
10payment” to “and”.

27 In section 33A (short certificate of death)—

(a) in subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “, on
furnishing the prescribed particulars,”, and

(b) omit subsection (3).

28 15In section 34A (searches and records of information: additional provision)
omit subsection (2).

29 In section 39 (regulations made by the Registrar General) in paragraph (a),
for “and 34A” substitute “, 34A and 38A”.

30 In section 39A (regulations made by the Minister: further provisions)—

(a) 20in subsection (1)(c), after “such” insert “consequential,”,

(b) in subsection (2), after “provisions” insert “other than section 38A”,
and

(c) in subsection (5), for “and 34A” substitute “, 34A and 38A”.

31 In section 41 (interpretation) in subsection (1), in the definition of
25“prescribed”, for “and 10C” substitute “, 10C and 38A”.

Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37)

32 Omit section 16 of the Registration Service Act 1953 (general provision as to
fees).

Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)

33 30In section 178 of the Factories Act 1961 (certificates of birth)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “payment of” insert “the appropriate fee in
England and Wales or”,

(b) also in subsection (1), before “, be entitled” insert “in Scotland”, and

(c) after subsection (2) insert—

“(3) 35In subsection (1), “the appropriate fee” means the fee payable
to a registrar or superintendent registrar for a certified copy
of an entry in the register concerned by virtue of section 38A
of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.”

Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (c. 14)

34 40In Schedule 3 to the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (variation of
fees)—

(a) omit the entry relating to the Education Act 1996,

(b) omit the entry relating to the Marriage Act 1949,

(c) omit the entry relating to the Births and Deaths Registration Act
1953,

(d) 5in the entry relating to the Savings Banks Act 1887, in the second
column, omit “Secretary of State or, as regards Scotland, the”,

(e) in the entry relating to the Factories Act 1961, in the second column,
omit “Secretary of State or, as regards Scotland, the”,

(f) in the entry relating to the Social Security Administration Act 1992,
10in the second column, omit “Secretary of State or, as regards
Scotland, the”, and

(g) omit the entry for the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.

Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)

35 Omit section 17 of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 (fees).

15Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

36 (1) Section 124 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (provisions
relating to age, death and marriage) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for the words from “a fee” to “Wales and” substitute “the
appropriate fee in England and Wales and a fee of”.

(3) 20In subsection (3A), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) on payment of the appropriate fee;”.

(4) In subsection (5), in paragraph (a) after the opening words insert—

• “““the appropriate fee” means the fee payable to the registrar or
  superintendent registrar for a certified copy of an entry in the
  25register concerned by virtue of section 38A of the Births and
  Deaths Registration Act 1953, section 71A of the Marriage Act
  1949 or section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act
  2013.”

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

37 (1) 30Section 564 of the Education Act 1996 (certificates of birth and registrars’
returns) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) on payment of the appropriate fee,”.

(3) In subsection (4)—

(a) 35after the opening words insert—

• “““the appropriate fee” means the fee payable to the
  registrar having custody of the register concerned for
  a certified copy of an entry in the register by virtue of
  section 38A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
  401953;”, and”

(b) in the definition of “register of births and deaths”, for “the Births and
Deaths Registration Act 1953” substitute “that Act”.