Citation and commencement

1.  This order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 16th February 2019.

Amendment of the Consular Fees Order 2012

2.-(1) The table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Consular Fees Order 2012(2) (table of general consular fees) is amended as follows.

(2) In row 19, in column 2, after "Emergency Travel Document" insert "(in addition to direct costs, if any)".

(3) In row 20, in column 2, after "Emergency Travel Document" insert "(in addition to direct costs, if any)".

(4) At the end of the table insert -

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Table of General Consular Fees in the Consular Fees Order 2012 (SI 2012/798 as amended by SI 2016/373).

It introduces a new fee for the issue of multilingual standard forms. These forms are translation aids which can be attached to various public documents. This implements Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 ("the Simplification Regulation"). Article 11 of the Simplification Regulation requires Member States to ensure that the fee for obtaining a multilingual standard form does not exceed the production costs of the form itself, or of the public document to which it is attached, whichever is the lower.

The Order also makes amendments to clarify the position in relation to the charging of direct costs, if any, incurred in the administration and provision of Emergency Travel Documents or Emergency Passports, such as the cost of delivering documents to an agreed address.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.