Fee regulations for birth, still-birth and death registration in England and Wales were updated on Monday to reflect the move from paper registers held by individual officials to an electronic registration system.
The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 do not change the amount of any fee. They change the description of the person to whom a fee is payable and the service for which it is charged, and remove references to an official having “custody” of a register where that concept no longer fits the electronic system.
The amendments accompany the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 provisions introducing electronic registers for births, still-births and deaths. Their legal effect is administrative but practical: applications, corrections and certificates continue under the existing fee schedule with terminology aligned to the new register structure.
The instrument extends to England and Wales and took effect on 9 November 2026.
