S.I. No. 260/1981 - Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

I, JOHN KELLY, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and Consular) Act, 1931 (No. 9 of 1931), and section 2 of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 (No. 31 of 1939), as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

2. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 to 1980, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 to 1981.

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1981.

4. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

5. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 263 of 1956 ), are hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for Regulation 5 of the following Regulation:

“5. For the service of granting an Irish visa there shall be charged whichever is the appropriate of the following fees.

(i)	in the case of a visa good for a single journey
	in transit through the State—	£
	the sum of	0.50
(ii)	in the case of any other visa—
	the sum of	3.00”;

(b) the substitution of the words “fifty new pence” for “four shillings” in paragraph (b) of Regulation 6;

(d) the substitution of the following Schedule for the First Schedule thereto:

“FIRST SCHEDULE

MISELLANEOUS CONSULAR SERVICES

Ref: No.	Services Rendered						Fee
							£
1.	For noting a Marine Protest and furnishing one certified copy if required
	one certified copy if required				...	...	12.00
2.	For every other copy			...	...	...	6.00
3.	For extending Marine Protest, if not exceeding 200 words, filing original, and furnish- ing one certified copy if required. This is to be exclusive of fee for Oaths or Declarations (see No. 15) or for drawing if required
	the body of the Protest (see No. 39).					...	36.00
4.	For any other protest (except Bill of Exchange (see No. 14)) if not exceeding 200 words, filing original, and furnishing one certified copy if required. This is to be exclusive of fee for drawing, if required,
	the body of the Protest (see No. 39)					...	36.00
5.	If the Protest exceeds 200 words, for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof						6.00
6.	For attesting average, bottomry or arbitration
	bond, each copy			...	...	...	12.00
7.	Endorsement by Diplomatic or Consular Officer of Ship's bill of health issued by
	Sanitary Authority			...	...	...	13.00
8.	Certificate of Origin, and/or of interest in, or of cost of production of goods and filing
	copy:—
	For consignments not exceeding £20 in
	value	...	...	...	...	...	6.00
	For consignments exceeding £20 in value					...	12.00
9.	Certificate of due landing of goods exported
	from an Irish port			...	...	...	12.00
10.	For affixing Diplomatic or Consular signature, and seal if required, to a Ship's
	manifest		...	...	...	...	12.00
11.	For granting any certificate not otherwise provided for, if not exceeding 100 words, exclusive of fee for drawing (No. 39). This does not apply to certificates of nationality under Section 28 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 , which will be
	issued free of charge			...	...	...	12.00
12.	If exceeding 100 words, for every additional
	100 words or fraction thereof				...	...	6.00
13.	For noting a Bill of Exchange				...	...	6.00
14.	For protest of a Bill of Exchange and copy						22.00
15.	For administering an Oath or receiving a Declaration or Affirmation, with or without
	attestation of signature			...	...	...	6.00
16.	For receiving a Declaration claiming exemption from or refund of Income Tax on
	shares, etc.		...	...	...	...	3.00
17.	For each Diplomatic or Consular signature attached to an exhibit referred to in an
	Affidavit or Declaration				...	...	3.00
18.	For each alteration or interlineation initialled by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer in any
	document not prepared by him				...	...	2.00
19.	For each signature to a transfer of shares or stock attested by a Diplomatic or Consular
	Officer	...	...	...	...	...	6.00
20.	For each signature to a transfer of shares or stock attested by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer when executed in the presence of one or more witnesses besides the Diplomatic
	or Consular Officer				...	...	9.00
21.	For each execution of a power of attorney attested by a Diplomatic or Consular
	Officer	...	...	...	...	...	9.00
	N.B.—When more than four persons execute a Power at the same time a fee of £36 only is to be charged.
22.	For attesting the execution of a Will					...	12.00
23.	For each execution of a Deed, Bond or Conveyance under seal, attested by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer, where the value
	of the property does not exceed £10					...	3.00
	Ditto, exceeds £10			...	...	...	9.00
	N.B.— When more than four persons execute an Instrument at the same time, the fee must not be more than four times £3.00 or £9.00 as the case may be.
24.	For each signature to an application for a Patent attested by a Diplomatic or Consular
	Officer		...	...	...	...	12.00
25.	For attaching Diplomatic or Consular signa- ture, and seal if required, to quarterly or monthly declarations for Government pay,
	half-pay or pension			...	...	...	2.00
26.	For attaching Diplomatic or Consular signature to any other Declaration of
	Existence		...	...	...	...	3.00
27.	Ditto, if drawn up by a Diplomatic or Consular
	Officer		...	...	...	...	6.00
28.	For Certificate of a person's identity					...	9.00
29.	For attesting the signature or seal of a foreign
	authority		...	...	...	...	9.00
30.	For each signature attested by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer in any document not
	otherwise provided for			...	...	...	9.00
31.	For certifying to a copy of any document or part of a document if not exceeding 100
	words	...	...	...	...	...	6.00
32.	If exceeding 100 words, for every additional
	100 words or fraction thereof				...	...	3.00
	N.B.—If the document is in any language other than Irish or English, double the above fees (31 and 32) to be charged. An additional fee is to be charged when the copy is made by the Diplomatic or Consular Officer (see No. 42).
33.	For uniting documents and attaching Diplomatic
	or Consular seal to the fastening					...	3.00
34.	For directing search for, or obtaining, from Public Record Office or elsewhere, extracts from Local Registers, or copies of Wills, Deeds or other matters, in addition to expenses incurred and any fees for
	attestation		...	...	...	...	9.00
35.	For affixing Diplomatic or Consular signature and, or seal, if required, to any document or object not otherwise provided for by
	these Regulations			...	...	...	9.00
36.	At the request of parties interested, or of local authorities, for the transaction, else- where than at the Diplomatic or Consular Office, of any duty for which a fee is levi- able, under these Regulations, in addition						16.00 for each hour or fraction thereof, with a maximum per day of £128.00
	to such fee		...	...	...	...
37.	At the request of parties interested for the transaction of any duty for which a fee is leviable under these Regulations, whether at the Diplomatic or Consular Office or at the Diplomatic or Consular Officer's residence, in addition to such fee, for each half-hour, or fraction thereof, if in the day- time—that is to say, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.—but not during the
	customary business hours of the place					...	9.00
	N.B.—This fee is leviable for any attendance on Sundays
38.	For the transaction of any duty for which a fee is leviable under these Regulations, whether at the Diplomatic or Consular Office or at the Diplomatic or Consular Officer's residence, in addition to such fee, for each half-hour, or fraction thereof, if in the night-time—that is to say, between the
	hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.				...	...	16.00
39.	For drawing a Declaration or other document, or for taking down in writing verbal declarations or depositions of persons made before a Diplomatic or Consular Officer, or for reducing into writing agreements made before him by contracting parties, exclusive of fees for attestation, etc.
	if not exceeding 50 words				...	...	6.00
40.	If exceeding that number, for each subsequent
	50 words, or fraction thereof					...	3.00
41.	For assisting in drawing up petitions, applications or other documents not specified
	each	...	...	...	...	...	9.00
42.	For making or verifying a copy of a document, if not exceeding 100 words, exclusive of fee
	for certificate (see No. 31)				...	...	3.00
43.	If exceeding that number, for every subsequent
	100 words, or fraction thereof					...	3.00
	N.B.—If the document is in any language other than Irish or English, double the above fees (39 to 43) to be charged.
44.	For making or verifying a translation of a document, for every 100 words, or fraction
	thereof, exclusive of fee for certificate					...	9.00
45.	In cases where one or more attesting witnesses, beside a Diplomatic or Consular Office, are required, for each witness supplied by him at the request of the parties
	interested		...	...	...	...	4.00

and

(e) the substitution of the following Schedule for the Second Schedule thereto:

“SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

Travel Documents and Documents of Identity

Ref: No.	Services Rendered					Fee
						£
1.	For the issue of a passport of 32 pages				...	12.00
2.	For the issue of a passport of 94 pages				...	24.00
3.	For the renewal of a passport			...	...	2.00 for each year of renewal
4.	For the endorsement of a passport subsequent to its issue:—
	(a) with the name of a wife			...	...	2.00
	(b) with the name or names of a child or
	children	...	...	...	...	2.00
	(c) with the name or names of any country or countries for which the passport is
	valid	...	...	...	...	2.00
	(d) with any other entry			...	...	2.00
5.	For the issue of a new passport for the unex- pired period of validity of an old passport					2.00
6.	For the issue of an emergency travel
	document	...	...	...	...	9.00
7.	For affixing the finger prints of a merchant seaman to a seaman's identity card and for
	endorsing same		...	...	...	6.00

PART II

Estate Matters, Attestations, Certificates, Etc.

Ref: No.	Services Rendered					Fee
						£
8.	For acting on behalf of, or protecting the interests of, any Irish claimant to the estate					5%^* or if legal assistance has to be engaged 2½%^* of the net amount or value of any devise, bequest or distributive share recovered.
	of a deceased person situate abroad				...
9.	For acting on behalf of, or protecting the interests of, any Irish claimant to property					5%^* or if legal assistance has to be engaged 2½%^* of the net amount or value of the property recovered.
	situate abroad	...	...	...	...
10.	For attesting a signature or seal on any
	document	...	...	...	...	3.00
11.	For granting any certificate for use in the					4.00
	prosecution of a claim to property				...	If not exceeding 100 words, and £3.00 for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof.
12.	For granting any certificate in connection with a
	marriage abroad		...	...	...	4.00
13.	For granting any other certificate			...	...	4.00 If not exceeding 100 words, and £3.00 for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof.
14.	For taking evidence on commission				...	16.00 For each hour or fraction thereof, with a maximum per day of £128.

and the said paragraph (b) and Regulation 9(1), as so amended, are set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of the Table to this Regulation.

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(b) in any other case, such sum in Irish currency, subject to a minimum of fifty new pence, as the Minister may determine to be the equivalent of the amount of the fee charged for the foreign visa.

9.—(1) For every service specified in the second column of the Second Schedule, there shall be charged the fee set out in the third column of the Schedule when such service is rendered—

(a) in the case of the fees mentioned at reference numbers 1 to 9 in the Schedule—by any person to whom the Act of 1939 applies,

(b) in the case of the fees mentioned at reference numbers 10 to 13 in the Schedule—by any officer of the Minister appointed by the Minister to be a person to whom the Act of 1939 applies, and

(c) in the case of the fee mentioned at reference number 14 in the Schedule—by any diplomatic or consular officer to whom the Act of 1939 applies.

	GIVEN under my Official Seal this 22nd day of July, 1981.
	JOHN KELLY.

The Minister of Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 22nd day of July, 1981.
	JOHN BRUTON.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to alter as indicated in the Regulations fees chargeable for services rendered under the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and Consular) Act, 1931 (No. 9 of 1931) and the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 (No. 31 of 1939).

^* Inclusive of postage and cabling expenditure