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English: This Order, made under sections 68(2) and 69(2) of the Immigration Act 2014 (the “2014 Act” (c. 22)), sets out the functions in connection with immigration or nationality for which the Secretary of State is to charge a fee. In pursuance of section 68(3) and (4) of the 2014 Act, the Order also specifies how the fee in respect of the ...
The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) is the section of the United Kingdom HM Passport Office responsible for the civil registration of births (including stillbirths), adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths in England and Wales and for those same events outside the UK if they involve a UK citizen and qualify to be registered in various miscellaneous registers.
In 2012, the UK's total fertility rate (TFR) was 1.92 children per woman, [52] below the replacement rate, which in the UK is 2.075. [53] In 2001, the TFR was at a record low of 1.63, but it then increased every year until it reached a peak of 1.96 in 2008, before decreasing again. [52] In 2012 and 2013, England and Wales's TFR decreased to 1.85.
Date and time notation in the United Kingdom. Date and time notation in the United Kingdom records the date using the day–month–year format (31 December 1999, 31/12/99 or 31/12/1999). The time can be written using either the 24-hour clock (23:59) or the 12-hour clock (11:59 p.m.).
Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [ note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant ...
The highest earners at the box-office are mostly American films and UK-US co-productions. Sequels, remakes and adaptations dominate, with seven films in the Harry Potter franchise, five Star Wars instalments, the five Daniel Craig James Bond films, five films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Peter Jackson's first four Tolkien adaptations having earned in excess of £50 million.
English: This Order amends the Civil Courts Order 2014 (SI 2014-819), which specifies the locations and names of the district registries of the High Court in England and Wales. Publication date 10 October 2016
The UK Prime Minister's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to describe the United Kingdom. [ 8 ] Although the United Kingdom is a unitary sovereign country , it contains three distinct legal jurisdictions in Scotland , England and Wales , and Northern Ireland , each retaining its own legal system even after joining the UK ...