Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 11th January, 2011.

The Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 , 59B(6) (inserted by Section 16 of the 61 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3 of 2004) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Registration (Civil Partnerships) (Fees) Regulations 2010.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2011.

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Act" means the Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3 of 2004);

"register" means the register of Civil Partnerships established and maintained under and in accordance with section 13(1)(h) (inserted by Section 9 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ) of the Act;

"search dates" means the date on which the search for an entry in the register, or an index to the register, is to commence and to end.

3. For the purposes of sections 61(1)(b) and 61(2)(b) of the Act-

(a) the amount of €8 is prescribed as the fee for the giving of each copy of an entry in the register that is certified to be a true copy of that entry, and

(b) the amount of €4 is prescribed as the fee for the giving of each copy of an entry in the register.

4. For the purposes of a search referred to in section 61(1)(a) of the Act-

(a) the amount of €2 is prescribed as the fee for a search if the period of time within the search dates specified for the search is 5 years or less, and

(b) the amount of €20 is prescribed as the fee for a search if the period of time within the search dates specified for the search is greater than 5 years and the time taken to conduct that search does not exceed 7 consecutive hours.

5. The amount of €2 is prescribed as the fee for a search under section 61(2)(a) of the Act.

6. The amount of €150 is prescribed as the fee for the purposes of section 59B (6) (inserted by Section 16 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ) of the Act.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 December 2010.

ÉAMON Ó CUÍV,

Minister for Social Protection

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to set the fees payable to (a) Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (b) Superintendent Registrars and (c) Registrars for searches, certificates and other registration services in the matter of the civil registration of civil partnerships.