Marriage Act 1973 - Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1998

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PURSUANT to Section 57 of the Marriage Act 1973, His Excellency the Queen's Representative, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. Title and commencement - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1998.

2. Fees - There shall be paid to the Registrar-General or, as the case requires, to a Registrar, for each of the matters specified in the Schedule to these regulations, the fees specified for in the Schedule.

3. Value Added Tax - The fees specified in the Schedule to these regulations are inclusive of value added tax under the Value Added Tax Act 1997.

4. Revocation - The Second Schedule to the Marriage Regulations 1975 as amended by the Marriage Amendment Regulations 1990 is hereby consequentially revoked.

Fees to be paid to the Registrar-General and to Registrars under the Marriage Act 1973 ("the Act")

	$
For every notice of a marriage intended to be solemnised by an officiating minister	30
For every notice of a marriage intended to be solemnised by a marriage celebrant	65
For every marriage solemnised by the Registrar-General or a Registrar (including certified copy of the entry in the register book if that certificate is issued at the same time of solemnisation)	65
Additional fee in respect of a marriage solemnised by the Registrar-General or a Registrar whose office is not at the time ordinarily open for the transaction of public business under the Act	45
For every amendment to a marriage licence issued	10
For every caveat entered	50
For every certified copy of an entry in a Registrar's marriage register book (other than for a certificate issued at the time of the solemnisation) and for every certified copy of entry in the records of the office of the Registrar-General (when correct year given)	15
Search or inspection of marriage notice books or Registrar's marriage register book, in respect of each name or entry searched or inspected (when correct year given)	5
Search in any index or marriage records in the office of the Registrar General, in respect of each name or entry searched:- For every year of search requested	2
Verification of items in a marriage entry, per item	3
For every application for change of name in the marriage record book under section 47 of the Act	30
For registration of marriage by the Registrar-General under section 37(2) of the Act	40

Cook Islands Subsidiary Legislation

Marriage Act 1973 - Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1998