Births, Deaths and Marriage Certificates (Fees) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

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The Births, Deaths and Marriage Certificates (Fees) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 29^th March, 2006^[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3A of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Certificates (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Guernsey) Law, 1951[b] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-

Amendment of fees.

1. The Births, Deaths and Marriages Certificates (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Guernsey) Law, 1951 ("the 1951 Law") is amended in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

Fee for short form birth certificate.

2. In section 1(2) of the 1951 Law for "three pounds"[c] substitute "£10".

Fee for full birth, death and marriage certificates.

3. In sections 1(3), 2 and 3 of the 1951 Law for "five pounds" substitute "£15".

Repeal.

4. Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991[d] are repealed.

Citation.

5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriage Certificates (Fees) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.

[a]	Article IV of Billet d'État No. VII of 2006.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XV, p. 46; amended by Vol. XXVII, p. 40; No. XVIII of 1991; and Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 238.
[c]	The amounts in the 1951 Law were amended by Tome XXV, p. 238.
[d]	Tome XXV, p. 238.