The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 6^th April 2005, prescribe the fees payable to the Certification Officer in respect of his functions in relation to trade unions and employers' associations. The fees are varied or set as follows:—

(a) the fee payable on application for approval of a proposed instrument of amalgamation or transfer of engagement is reduced from £1950 to £1850;

(b) the fee payable on an application for approval of a change of name is increased from £87 to £96;

(c) the fee for an inspection of documents kept by the Certification Officer in respect of amalgamations or transfers of engagements is reduced from £46 to £19;

(d) the fee for the entry of the name of an amalgamated organisation in the lists maintained by the Certification Officer where the name of each of the amalgamating organisations is already entered is reduced from £54 to £41;

(e) the fee on application by an organisation of workers to have its name entered in the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer is increased from £139 to £150;

(f) the fee on application by an organisation of employers to have its name entered in the list of employers' associations maintained by the Certification Officer is increased from £139 to £150;

(g) the fee payable on an application by a trade union for a certificate of independence is increased from £3891 to £4066;

(h) the fee payable by an amalgamated trade union for the issue of a certificate of independence where each amalgamating union had such a certificate is set at £41.