Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014

30.

Amendment of section 67 of Principal Act

30. Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The Minister may prescribe—

(a) a fee of a lesser amount than that prescribed under subsection (1), and

(b) an enactment by or under which it is required that age, civil status or death is proved,

where the Minister is of the view that, in order that a person may comply with the enactment so prescribed, the lesser fee should be payable in respect of performance of functions under this Act relating to the giving of a copy certified to be a true copy, a copy, or a certified copy of an entry in a register maintained under section 13.”,

and

(b) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) There shall be payable to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht fees of such amounts (if any) as may be prescribed in respect of any performance by that Minister of his or her functions under subsection (2A) or (6) of section 61.”