Statutory Instruments
BRITISH NATIONALITY
Made
19th May 1997
Laid before Parliament
22nd May 1997
Coming into force
12th June 1997
1. These Regulations may be cited as the British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th June 1997.
2. The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996(3) shall be amended as follows:
(a)in regulation 2(1) there shall be added, at the end, "or, as the case may be, under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997";
(b)in regulation 3(1) after "below", there shall be inserted "or where the Secretary of State otherwise directs,";
(c)in the Schedule-
(i)in the entry numbered 5 for "or any of the former nationality Acts" there shall be substituted ", any of the former nationality Acts or the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997", and
(ii)after the entry numbered 6 there shall be added-
"7. Application for registration as a citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997. | £250". |
Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
16th May 1997
We consent to these Regulations
Jon Owen Jones
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
19th May 1997
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996 to prescribe a fee of £250 for applications for British citizenship made under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.