The Companies (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1990

Made: 5th July 1990

Laid before Parliament: 6th July 1990

Coming into force: 6th July 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 708(1) and (2) of the Companies Act 1985[^f00001], hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 6th July 1990.

2

The Schedule to the Companies (Fees) Regulations 1988[^f00002] is amended as follows:

• (a) for the first two entries in the Schedule there is substituted the following entry:

For registration of a company on its formation under the Act or in pursuance of Chapter II of Part XXII of the Act and for the re-registration of a company under the Act £50.00

• (b) for the third entry in the Schedule there is substituted the following entry:

For registration of a copy of an annual return delivered otherwise than in compliance with section 699 or for registration of copies of accounts delivered to the registrar of companies in compliance with Chapter II of Part XXIII of the Act £25.00

; and

• (c) for the sum of £2.50 which appears against the entry in the Schedule relating to the inspection of documents under section 709(1) of the Companies Act 1985 there is substituted the sum of £2.75.

Signed

Eric Forth — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 5th July 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Companies (Fees) Regulations 1988 by increasing some of the fees payable to the registrar of companies which were prescribed by those Regulations, as follows:

1 The fee for re-registration of a limited company as unlimited or for re-registration of a public company as private is increased from £5.00 to £50.00, to make it the same as the fee for registration of a company on its formation, for re-registration of a private company as public, for re-registration of an unlimited company as limited and for registration of an unregistered company.

2 The fee for registration of a copy of an annual return or for registration of a copy of an oversea company’s accounts is increased from £20.00 to £25.00.

3 The fee for inspection of documents is increased from £2.50 to £2.75.

4 The Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1197) which made similar provision to that made by these Regulations with effect from 1st July 1990 expired at midnight on 4th July 1990.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1985 c. 6.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1988/887.