Immigration Act 2004
Fees. |
19.—(1) (a) There shall be paid to the Minister by the non-national concerned in respect of the giving of a permission a fee of such amount as may be prescribed with the consent of the Minister for Finance. | |
(b) There shall be paid to the registration officer concerned by the non-national concerned in respect of the issue of a registration certificate a fee of such amount as may be prescribed with the consent of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(c) There shall be paid to the Minister by the non-national concerned in respect of the issue of a travel document a fee of such amount as may be prescribed with the consent of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(2) The Minister may refuse to give a permission or issue a travel document if the appropriate fee in respect of the issue has not been paid. | ||
(3) The registration officer concerned may refuse to issue a registration certificate if the appropriate fee has not been paid. | ||
(4) A fee payable under this section may be recovered by the person to whom it is payable from the person by whom it is payable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. | ||
(5) The Public Offices Fees Act 1879 shall not apply in relation to a fee under this section. | ||
(6) Regulations under this section may provide for the waiver in specified circumstances of any prescribed fees, including fees payable by— | ||
(a) adult persons unable without undue hardship to arrange for their payment for themselves and their dependants, | ||
(b) applicants within the meaning of the Act of 1996, and | ||
(c) persons in respect of whom a declaration (within the meaning of that Act) is in force. | ||
(7) In this section, “travel document” means a document (other than a document to which section 4 (1) of the Refugee Act 1996 refers) issued solely for the purpose of providing the holder with a document which can serve in lieu of a national passport. |