The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2012

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st October 2012.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006; and

“company” includes, where appropriate, a reference to a company to which section 1040 or 1043 of the 2006 Act applies.

Fees payable in respect of functions relating to the registration of documents by the registrar

3.  Schedule 1 to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the receipt of documents relating to companies, overseas companies and limited liability partnerships by the registrar and their registration.

Fees payable in respect of the inspection or provision of copies of documents kept by the registrar

4.  Schedule 2 to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents kept by the registrar relating to companies, overseas companies and limited liability partnerships.

5.  The fees prescribed in relation to paragraphs 7(a), 8(a) and 10(a) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations are not payable in respect of any month for which the applicant pays a fee to the registrar for subscription to Companies House Direct, Extranet or XML (those terms are defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2) under regulations providing for the payment of fees in respect of the functions of the registrar in relation to the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents kept by the registrar relating to European Economic Interest Groupings and limited partnerships.

Fees payable in respect of the disclosure of protected information

6.  Schedule 3 to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the disclosure of protected information relating to directors of companies, directors and permanent representatives of overseas companies and members of limited liability partnerships.

Transitional provisions

7.—(1) Where any document delivered to the registrar on or before 30th September 2012 is registered on or after 1st October 2012 the fee prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Regulations in respect of that document shall not apply and any fee payable in respect of that document by virtue of the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009(1) shall apply.

(2) Where any application is made or subscription is payable to the registrar on or before 30th September 2012 in respect of the inspection of, or the provision of copies of, material kept by the registrar, the fee prescribed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations in respect of that application or subscription shall not apply and any fee payable under the Register of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009 shall apply.

(3) Where any application is made or subscription is payable to the registrar on or before 30th September 2012 in respect of the disclosure of protected information kept by the registrar, the fee prescribed in Schedule 3 to these Regulations in respect of that application or subscription shall not apply and any fee payable under the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009 shall apply.

Revocation

8.  The following regulations are revoked—

(a) the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009;

(b) the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009(2); and

(c) the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) (Amendment) Regulations 2011(3)

Norman Lamb

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

18th July 2012