2024 No. 153
The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1063(1) to 1063(3A) and 1292(1)(c) of the Companies Act 20061.
Citation, commencement and extentI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024.
2
These Regulations come into force on 1st May 2024.
3
These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
InterpretationI22
In these Regulations—
“the 2022 Act” means the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 20222;
“duty to deliver documents by electronic means” means the duty referred to in regulation 3 of the Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 20223;
“exception to the duty to deliver documents by electronic means” means the exception referred to in regulation 4 of the Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022;
“overseas entity” has the meaning given in section 2 of the 2022 Act;
“register of overseas entities” means the register referred to in section 3(1) of the 2022 Act;
“the registrar” has the meaning given in section 3(1) of the 2022 Act.
Fees payable to the registrar.I33
1
The Schedule to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of functions relating to the register of overseas entities.
2
Where a fee is payable under the Schedule and the means of delivery to the registrar is specified as in hard copy form, that fee is payable only when an exception to the duty to deliver documents by electronic means is applicable.
Transitional provisionsI44
Regulation 3 and the Schedule do not have effect where any document or application delivered to the registrar on or before 7th January 2024 is registered on or after 8th January 2024.
I5ScheduleFEES PAYABLE
Register of Overseas Entities
In respect of the performance by the registrar of functions in relation to the register of overseas entities the fee specified in relation to the matter below is payable on the registration of the documents so delivered relating to that matter except as provided in sub-paragraph (c)—
Matter for which fee is payable | Amount of fee |
---|---|
| |
| £467.00 |
| £234.00 |
| |
| £467.00 |
| £234.00 |
| |
| £940.00 |
| £706.00 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. in force at 1.5.2024, see reg. 1(2)