# The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014

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# 2014 No. 1684

Fees And Charges

# The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014

Made

*30*th June 2014                        

Laid before Parliament

1st July 2014

Coming into force

*22*nd July 2014                        

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973 F1 with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:                        

F11973 c.51.

## Citation and commencementU.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 22nd July 2014.                  

## InterpretationU.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—                  

“Department” means the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and                  

“Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 adopted by the Council of the European Union on 20th December 2002 F2 as amended from time to time.                  

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in the Regulations, and which are also used in the Principal Regulation,                     shall have the meaning they bear in that Regulation.                  

F2O.J. L. 358 31.12.2002, p.28.

## Prescription of feesU.K.

3.  The fee specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is prescribed as the fee payable in connection with the service provided                     by the Department in pursuance of the United Kingdom's European Union obligations arising from Article 12 of the Principal                     Regulation.                  

## Payment of feesU.K.

4.  A fee payable under regulation 3 above shall be paid to the Department at the same time that the application to which it relates                     is made to the Department.                  

## RevocationU.K.

5.  The Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004 F3 are revoked.                  

F3S.I. 2004/686.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Mark Simmonds

 The Parliamentary Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

30th June 2014

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Sam Gyimah

Mark Lancaster

 Two of the Lords Commissioners

 Her Majesty's Treasury

25th June 2014

 Regulation 3

## SCHEDULEU.K.PRESCRIBED FEES

## Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the fee to be paid to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in connection with the issue of certificates                        by the Department in pursuance of the European Union obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 (“the Principal Regulation”) implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds. The fee is in connection                        with the issue of Community Certificates under Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.                     

Fees in connection with the issue of such certificates were first prescribed in the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2003.                        The fees were subsequently increased by the Kimberley Process (Fees) Regulations 2004, which are revoked by these Regulations.                        The present Regulations prescribe a single fee for the issuance of any Community Certificate accompanying a shipment.                     

A Regulatory Triage Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations which the Regulatory Policy Committee has                        confirmed is subject to the fast track procedure under the Better Regulation framework. Copies of the assessment may be obtained                        from the Government Diamond Office, Conflict Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A                        2AH.