Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Home Secretary whether, when a fee is charged by a justice of the peace for signing a vaccination exemption order, it is paid into a public fund; and, if so, whether he is aware that some justices keep the fee for their own use?
§ Mr. GLADSTONENo fee is payable to a justice for taking a declaration under the Vaccination Act, 1907, or for any other act done in his magisterial capacity. A fee is chargeable by the justice's clerk if1394W he is present and performs the service in respect of which the fee is authorised. Such fees have to be paid by the clerk into the county or borough fund. No complaint has been made to me of any justices keeping them for their own use.