I previously wrote: > Get your certificate orders in quickly the price is going up on April > 6th, £7 to £9.25! > See: > http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/1569.htm But in checking the GRO certificate ordering website today (http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/) I found this additional announcement: Changes to Fees and Services from 6 April 2010 Customers are asked to please note that there will be a change to the GRO fee structure which will take effect from 6 April 2010. Further details can be found on the IPS website at www.ips.gov.uk. Please note in addition that GRO have reviewed the range of services which we currently offer. We have been advised that there is no clear remit in statute for charging for a service to check additional index references, or to retain partial fees. In order to ensure full legal compliance, and in view of the fact that we cannot afford to offer this service free of charge, we are regretfully withdrawing our reference checking service from 6 April. This will include the withdrawal of the "checking points". So pay more and get a reduced service.... Polly

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:05:12 -0000 "Polly Rubery" <polly@rowberry.org> wrote: Hello Polly, > So pay more and get a reduced service.... But on the plus side, if what you ask for isn't found, you get a full refund, not a partial one. Although, of course, it's difficult to see how it wouldn't be found. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"