Public Records (Fees for Registration and Certified Copies of Documents) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

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The Public Records (Fees for Registration and Certified Copies of Documents) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 29^th March, 2006[a], hereby order:-

Amendment of fees.

1. The Public Records (Fees for Registration and Certified Copies of Documents) Ordinance, 1960[b] ("the 1960 Ordinance") is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Ordinance.

Registration fees for documents.

2. In section 1 of the 1960 Ordinance -

(a) in paragraph (a) for "two pounds"[c] substitute "£30",

(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c) for "thirty new pence" substitute "£2.50".

Fees for certified copies of documents.

3. In section 2 of the 1960 Ordinance -

(a) in paragraph (a) for "thirty new pence" substitute "£2",

(b) in paragraph (b) for "thirty new pence" substitute "£4".

Fees for uncertified copies of documents, and fees for bonds.

4. After section 2 of the 1960 Ordinance insert the following sections -

"Fees for uncertified copies of documents registered.

2A. There shall be paid to Her Majesty's Greffier for the account of the States in respect of any uncertified copy of a document to which this Ordinance applies and registered on the Records of this Island and supplied to any person by Her Majesty's Greffier -

(a) a fee of £1 for each page or part of a page thereof,

(b) where there is a plan annexed thereto -

(i) a fee of £3 for that plan (in the case of a colour copy), and

(ii) a fee of £1 for that plan (in the case of a monochrome copy).

Fees in respect of documents creating charge on land.

2B. There shall be paid to Her Majesty's Greffier for the account of the States in respect of any document creating a charge on real property registered on the Records of this Island (in addition to any other fee payable in respect of the document) -

(a) a fee of £25 in respect of each debtor or guarantor entered in the index, and

(b) a fee of £25 for the vacation of the document in whole or in part.".

Repeal.

5. The Public Records (Fees for Registration and Certified Copies of Documents) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1977[d] is repealed.

Citation.

6. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Records (Fees for Registration and Certified Copies of Documents) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.

[a]	Article IV of Billet d'État No. VII of 2006.
[b]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XII, p. 399; amended by Tome XXI, p. 59.
[c]	The amounts in the 1960 Ordinance were amended by Tome XXI, p. 59.
[d]	Tome XXI, p. 59.