The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for fees to be charged in respect of the exercise by the Secretary of State of such functions in connection with applications for the issue of a passport or other travel document as may be specified.
Regulations under subsection (1) are referred to in this section and section 87 as "passport fees regulations".
Passport fees regulations must provide for the fee in respect of the exercise of each specified function to comprise one or more amounts each of which is—
Provision made under subsection (3) may be intended to result in a fee in respect of a specified function which exceeds the costs of exercising the function.
In respect of any fee provided for under this section, passport fees regulations may—
In this section—
"consular function" means— in each case regardless of whether the function is exercised by a consular officer or by another person authorised by the Secretary of State;
(a)any of the functions described in Article 5 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968;
(b)any function in the United Kingdom which corresponds to a function mentioned in paragraph (a);
"costs" includes—
(a)the costs of the Secretary of State, and
(b)the costs of any other person (whether or not funded from public money);
"function" includes a power or a duty;
"specified" means specified in passport fees regulations;
"travel document" means a document which enables or facilitates travel from one state to another and a "UK travel document" means such a document issued by the Secretary of State;
"United Kingdom passport" has the same meaning as in the Immigration Act 1971 (see section 33 of that Act).
Any reference in this section to the exercise of a function includes a reference to its exercise in particular circumstances, including its exercise—
and, for this purpose, "arrangements" includes arrangements for the convenience of applicants or persons making requests for the exercise of a function.