2. The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2012(1) is amended as follows.
3. Omit regulation 6 (fees payable in respect of the disclosure of protected information).
4. Schedule 1 (the performance of functions relating to the receipt of documents by the registrar and their registration) is amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph 2 (means of electronic delivery to the registrar), before the definition of “Web Incorporation Service” insert—
““Document Upload Service” means a service by which documents can be delivered to the registrar electronically in a Portable Document Format (pdf);”;
(b)in paragraph 8, for the row of the table containing sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
| “(a)for the registration of a company under section 14 of the 2006 Act— | |
| (i)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Web Incorporation Service, | £50.00 |
| (ii)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Software Incorporation Service for same day registration, | £78.00 |
| (iii)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Software Incorporation Service other than for same day registration, | £50.00 |
| (iv)where the required documents are delivered in hard copy form; | £71.00” |
(c)in paragraph 8(b) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£20.00” substitute “£71.00”;
(d)in paragraph 8, for the rows of the table containing sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) substitute—
| “(c)for the re-registration of a company under Part 7 of the 2006 Act; | £71.00 |
| (d)for the re-registration of a company as a private company under section 651 of the 2006 Act; | £71.00 |
| (e)for the re-registration of a company as a private company under section 665 of the 2006 Act; | £71.00” |
(e)in paragraph 8(f)—
(i)for paragraph (i) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£40.00” substitute “£62.00”,
(ii)for paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£13.00” substitute “£34.00”;
(f)in paragraph 8(g)—
(i)omit paragraph (i) and the fee corresponding to it in column 2 (amount of fee),
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the first column (matter in relation to which fee is payable) omit “other than for same day registration”,
(iii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£10.00” substitute “£30.00”,
(iv)in paragraph (iii) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£30.00” substitute “£83.00”,
(v)in paragraph (iv) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£8.00” substitute “£20.00”;
(g)in paragraph 8(h)(i) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£23.00” substitute “£24.00”;
(h)in paragraph 8, for the row of the table containing sub-paragraph (i) substitute—
| “(i)for the striking off the register of a company’s name payable on an application under section 1003 of the 2006 Act— | |
| (i)where the documents are delivered in hard copy form, | £44.00 |
| (ii)where the documents are delivered by electronic means; | £33.00” |
(i)in paragraph 8(j)—
(i)in paragraph (i) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£50.00” substitute “£136.00”,
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£10.00” substitute “£33.00”,
(iii)after paragraph (ii), for the semi-colon substitute a comma and insert—
| “(iii)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Document Upload Service for same day registration, | £136.00 |
| (iv)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Document Upload Service other than for same day registration; | £33.00” |
(j)in paragraph 8(k)—
(i)in paragraph (i) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£50.00” substitute “£136.00”,
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fee) for “£10.00” substitute “£33.00”,
(iii)after paragraph (ii), for the semi-colon substitute a comma and insert—
| “(iii)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Document Upload Service for same day registration, | £136.00 |
| (iv)where the required documents are delivered by means of the Document Upload Service other than for same day registration; | £33.00” |
(k)after paragraph 8(k), insert—
| “(l)for an application to the registrar to restore to the register a company, other than an overseas company, that has been struck off the register under Part 31 of the 2006 Act (dissolution and restoration to the register). | £468.00” |
(l)in paragraph 10(a)—
(i)for paragraph (i) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£30.00” substitute “£78.00”,
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£10.00” substitute “£50.00”,
(iii)omit paragraph (iii) and the fee corresponding to it in column 2 (amount of fee),
(iv)in paragraph (iv) in the first column (matter in relation to which fee is payable) omit “other than for same day registration except as provided in paragraph (v)”,
(v)in paragraph (iv) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£40.00” substitute “£71.00”,
(vi)omit paragraph (v) and the fee corresponding to it in column 2 (amount of fee);
(m)in paragraph 10(b)—
(i)in paragraph (i) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£40.00” substitute “£62.00”,
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£13.00” substitute “£34.00”;
(n)in paragraph 10(c)—
(i)omit paragraph (i) and the fee corresponding to it in column 2 (amount of fee),
(ii)in paragraph (ii) in the first column (matter in relation to which fee is payable) omit “other than for same day registration”,
(iii)in paragraph (ii) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£10.00” substitute “£30.00”,
(iv)in paragraph (iii) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£30.00” substitute “£83.00”,
(v)in paragraph (iv) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£8.00” substitute “£20.00”;
(o)in paragraph 10(d)(i) in the second column (amount of fees) for “£23.00” substitute “£24.00”;
(p)in paragraph 10, for the row of the table containing sub-paragraph (e) substitute—
| “(e)for the striking off of a limited liability partnership’s name payable on an application under section 1003 of the 2006 Act as applied to the limited liability partnership by regulation 51 of the LLP Regulations— | |
| (i)where the application is delivered in hard copy form, | £44.00 |
| (ii)where the application is delivered by electronic means; | £33.00 |
| (f)for an application to the registrar to restore to the register a limited liability partnership, that has been struck off the register under Part 31 of the 2006 Act (dissolution and restoration to the register) as applied by regulation 56 of the LLP Regulations. | £468.00” |
(q)in paragraph 11, for the rows of the table containing sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—
| “(a)for the registration of documents required to be delivered to the registrar under Part 2 of the OC Regulations in respect of the opening of an establishment in the United Kingdom; | £71.00 |
| (b)for the registration of an alteration to the registered particulars of an overseas company under Part 3 of the OC Regulations where the alteration is a change of the name of the overseas company; | £30.00 |
| (c)for the registration of an alternative name specified in accordance with section 1048 of the 2006 Act; | £30.00 |
| (d)for the registration of all relevant documents in respect of an overseas company delivered during a relevant period payable at the end of that period on registration of the accounting documents or, as the case may be, the annual accounts of the overseas company required to be delivered to the registrar under Parts 5 and 6 of the OC Regulations— | |
| (i)where the required documents are delivered in hard copy form, | £62.00 |
| (ii)where the required documents are delivered by electronic means. | £34.00” |
5. Omit Schedule 3 (the performance of functions relating to the disclosure of protected information).
S.I. 2012/1907 which was amended by S.I. 2016/621.