New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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Reprint
as at 25 January 2009
(SR 1995/185)
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.
PURSUANT to section 88(1)(a) of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
(1) These regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Fees) Regulations 1995.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
Regulation 1(1): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
In these regulations, certificate means a birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate, civil union certificate, or name change certificate.
Regulation 1A was inserted, as from 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/329).
Regulation 1A certificate: amended, on 25 January 2009, by regulation 4 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/413).
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 fee specified for it in that Schedule.
The fees prescribed by these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
The Births and Deaths Registration (Fees) Regulations 19891 are hereby revoked.
Schedule | Reg 2 |
The Schedule was substituted, as from 3 October 2001, by regulation 3 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/297).
Schedule heading: amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
| No | Matter | Fee ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search in respect of event under 1 name for a given year (plus year either side) | 15.00 |
| 2 | Continuation of search at the same time for each event under 1 name for each additional year | 1.00 |
| 3 | Inspection of any document | 26.00 |
| 4 | Copy of any document | 20.00 |
| 5 | Electronic printout of any document— | |
| from years 1848 to 1874 | 26.00 | |
| post 1874 | 20.00 | |
| 6 | Certificate other than a decorative certificate | 26.00 |
| 6A | Decorative certificate (if available) | 26.00 |
| 6B | Certificate and decorative certificate (if available) for the same birth, death, marriage, or civil union if both certificates are requested in the same application | 39.00 |
| 7 | Certified copy of deed poll | 20.00 |
| 8 | [Revoked] | |
| 9 | Change of child's name within 2 years of birth | 50.00 |
| 10 | Change of name | 125.00 |
| 11 | [Revoked] | |
| 12 | Change of name in relation to marriage or civil union | 45.00 |
| 13 | Recording additional information in relation to sexual assignment or reassignment | 50.00 |
| 14 | Verification of death of adopted person, adoptive parents, or adopted person's natural parents | 80.00 |
| 15 | [Revoked] | |
| 16 | Deposit of overseas death certificate | 50.00 |
| 17 | Statement of recorded information about an overseas death | 26.00 |
| 18 | Verification when correct year given of information contained in an entry | 26.00 |
| 19 | [Revoked] | |
| 20 | [Revoked] | |
| 21 | [Revoked] | |
| 22 | [Revoked] | |
| 23 | [Revoked] | |
| 24A | [Revoked] | |
| 25 | [Revoked] | |
| 26 | [Revoked] | |
| 27 | [Revoked] | |
| 28 | [Revoked] | |
| 29 | [Revoked] | |
| 30 | [Revoked] | |
| 31 | [Revoked] |
Schedule item 1: amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Item 3 was amended, as from 1 September 2003, by regulation 3(1) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/160) by substituting the expression “26.00”
for the expression “30.00”
.
Item 5 was substituted, as from 1 September 2003, by regulation 3(2) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/160).
Item 6 was amended, as from 1 September 2003, by regulation 3(3) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/160) by substituting the expression “26.00”
for the expression “30.00”
.
Item 6 was substituted, as from 16 November 2006, by regulation 5 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/329).
Items 6A and 6B were inserted, as from 16 November 2006, by regulation 5 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/329).
Schedule item 8: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 11: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Item 12 was revoked, as from 26 April 2005, by rule 3(1) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/83) by adding to the second column the words “or civil union”
.
Schedule item 15: amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Items 17, and 18 were amended, as from 1 September 2003, by regulation 3(3) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/160) by substituting the expression “26.00”
for the expression “30.00”
.
Schedule item 19: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 20: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 21: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 22: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 23: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 24: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 24A: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Item 24A was inserted, as from 26 April 2005, by rule 3(2) Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/83).
Schedule item 25: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 26: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 27: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 28: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 29: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 30: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Schedule item 31: revoked, on 24 January 2009, by section 49(2) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).
Item 6 of the original Schedule was amended, as from 1 July 1998, by regulation 2 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Fees) Amendment Regulations 1998 (SR 1998/163) by substituting the expression “21.00”
for the expression “17.00”
.
MARIE SHROFF
Clerk of the Executive Council
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force the day after notification in the Gazette, prescribe fees for the purposes of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995.
Date of notification in Gazette: 7 September 1995.
1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
This is an eprint of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Fees) Regulations 1995. It incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 25 January 2009. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.
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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/413)
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48): section 49
1 SR 1989/319