Companies Act 2006

M1 1063 Fees payable to registrar E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the payment to the registrar of fees in respect of—

(a) the performance of any of the registrar's functions, or

(b) the provision by the registrar of services or facilities for purposes incidental to, or otherwise connected with, the performance of any of the registrar's functions.

(2) The matters for which fees may be charged include—

(a) the performance of a duty imposed on the registrar or the Secretary of State,

(b) the receipt of documents delivered to the registrar, and

(c) the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents kept by the registrar.

(3) The regulations may—

(a) provide for the amount of the fees to be fixed by or determined under the regulations;

(b) provide for different fees to be payable in respect of the same matter in different circumstances;

(c) specify the person by whom any fee payable under the regulations is to be paid;

(d) specify when and how fees are to be paid.

(4) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

(5) In respect of the performance of functions or the provision of services or facilities—

(a) for which fees are not provided for by regulations, or

(b) in circumstances other than those for which fees are provided for by regulations,

the registrar may determine from time to time what fees (if any) are chargeable.

(6) Fees received by the registrar are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(7) The Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24) is amended as follows—

(a) in section 16(1) (inspection of statements registered)—

(i) omit the words “, and there shall be paid for such inspection such fees as may be appointed by the Board of Trade, not exceeding 5p for each inspection”, and

(ii) omit the words from “and there shall be paid for such certificate” to the end;

(b) in section 17 (power to make rules)—

(i) omit the words “(but as to fees with the concurrence of the Treasury)”, and

(ii) omit paragraph (a).

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 1063 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 4(2)}

C2 Ss. 1061-1063 applied (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 60, 83, Sch. 1 para. 27

C3 Ss. 1061-1063 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(a) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S. 1063 partly in force; s. 1063 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1063 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 and wholly in force for E.W.S. at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, arts. 3(3), 4(1)(a)(4) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5 para. 6)