New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(SR 1995/186)
These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.
PURSUANT to section 64 of the Marriage Act 1955, 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 Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1995.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Act means the Marriage Act 1955.
There shall be paid to any New Zealand representative who gives a certificate under section 43 of the Act a fee of $11 for each such certificate.
The fees specified in the Schedule to these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
The following regulations are hereby consequentially revoked:
(a) The Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1989:
(b) The Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1989, Amendment No 1.
Schedule | r 4 |
This Schedule was substituted, as from 3 October 2001, by regulation 3 Marriage (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/299).
This Schedule was substituted, as from 1 September 2003, by regulation 3 Marriage (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/159).
| No | Matter | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For every notice of a marriage (intended to be solemnised by a marriage celebrant) | 120 |
| 2 | For every notice under section 41 of the Act (overseas marriage) | 120 |
| 3 | For every notice of a marriage and solemnisation of marriage by a Registrar | 170 |
| 4 | Additional fee in respect of a marriage celebrated by a Registrar outside normal hours | 50 |
| 5 | Lodgment of caveat | 50 |
MARIE SHROFF,
Clerk of the Executive Council
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their effect.
These regulations, which come into force the day after notification in the Gazette, prescribe a new scale of fees payable under the Marriage Act 1955 to the Registrar-General and Registrars.
Date of notification in Gazette: 7 September 1995.