(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations govern the statutory fees for microfiche based information services for open-ended investment companies (investment companies with variable capital).
Regulation 2 amends the Open-Ended Investment Companies (Investment Companies with Variable Capital) (Fees) Regulations 1998 by:
(1) increasing the fee payable in respect of the following matters from £5.00 to £6.50
(a)the inspection of a set of microfiche copies of the records of an investment company with variable capital (Fee No. 3),
(b)the delivery of a set of microfiche copies at an office of the registrar (Fee No. 4(a)),
(c)the delivery of a paper copy of records relating to an investment company with variable capital delivered at the office of the registrar, otherwise than on the same occasion as an inspection of the records relating to that investment company with variable capital (Fee No. 8(b)); and
(2) increasing the fee payable from £8.00 to £9.50 in respect of the delivery by post of a basic set of microfiche copies of the records of an investment company with variable capital (Fee No. 4(b)).