The Consular Fees Act 1980 (Fees) (No.2) Order 2005
This Order provides, firstly, in article 2, that the costs of performing certain passport functions are to be taken into account in fixing the fees for the performance of the passport functions specified in the Schedules to the Order. Secondly, in article 3, it provides that, in relation to any functions the costs of which fall to be taken into account in exercising the power to fix fees in relation to the services listed in the Schedules to this Order, the costs which the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs estimates will be incurred in the financial years 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 on those functions, are to be taken into account in fixing the fees for those services.