COMPANIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Fees) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st February 2005. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1985 Act ” means the Companies Act 1985 and in Schedule 4 any reference to a Part, Chapter, numbered section or Schedule is a reference to a Part, Chapter, or section of or Schedule to that Act; “company” includes an oversea company except in relation to entries 1,2,3,5,10 and 24 in Schedule 4; “company report” means a report containing the information relating to a company set out in Schedule 1 in so far as recorded by the registrar in records kept by her for the purposes of the 1985 Act; “delivery of accounts” means in relation to an oversea company— delivery to the registrar by the company of copy accounts and reports under section 702 of the 1985 Act; or delivery to the registrar by the company of accounting documents under Schedule 21C or 21D to the 1985 Act ; “document package” means one of the sets of copies of documents relating to a company (in so far as such documents are delivered to the registrar by the company) as described in one of the paragraphs in Schedule 2 and with the maximum number of documents in each package being as specified in Schedule 4, with the documents in the package being primarily determinable in reverse order of the dates of delivery to the registrar; “electronic information service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar with no requirement for the applicant to deliver an access code; “electronic subscription service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar by delivering a non-encrypted access code; “index” means one of the following indexes kept by the registrar— the index of company and corporate names and numbers; the index of company charges; “long list of members” means a list of members delivered to the registrar under section 363 of the 1985 Act which— is delivered to the registrar by means of microfiche or magnetic tape; or exceeds 49 pages; “oversea company” includes in relation to entry 6 in Schedule 4 any institution to which section 699A of the 1985 Act applies; “relevant document” means in relation to entries 5 and 6 in Schedule 4, a document which a company is required to deliver to the registrar under any provisions of the 1985 Act, other than a document in relation to the delivery of which a fee is specified in any other entry in Schedule 4; “relevant period” means one of the following periods— in relation to a company which is not an oversea company— the period beginning with its incorporation and ending immediately after the delivery to the registrar of its first annual return; or a period beginning immediately after delivery to the registrar of an annual return and ending immediately after delivery to the registrar of the next annual return; in relation to an oversea company— the period beginning with the registration of the documents required to be delivered to the registrar by section 691 of the 1985 Act or of particulars required to be delivered to the registrar by paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A to the 1985 Act and ending immediately after the first delivery to the registrar of its accounts; or a period beginning immediately after a delivery of accounts to the registrar and ending immediately after delivery to the registrar of the next accounts; “same day” means, in relation to a registration, re-registration or provision of a certificate or certified copy, any such matter in relation to which— a request for same day registration, re-registration or provision of a certificate or certified copy (as the case may be) and all documents required to be delivered to the registrar in connection therewith, are received by the registrar— in the case of a request for provision of a certificate or a certified copy, before 2.00 pm on the day in question, or in other cases, before 3.00pm on that day, and the registration or re-registration (where requisite) is completed and the appropriate certificate or certified copy is issued to the applicant on that day; “searchroom terminal” means a computer terminal operated by the applicant at an office of the registrar. Revocations 3 1 The Regulations listed in Schedule 3 are revoked, subject to paragraph (2). 2 The fee prescribed in relation to entry 2 in the Schedule to the Companies (Fees) Regulations 1991 applies to the delivery of an annual return— a in relation to which the return date is earlier than 1st February 2005; or b which is delivered before 1st February 2005. Fees payable to the registrar 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the fees set out in the second column of Schedule 4 shall be the fees payable in respect of the performance by the registrar of her functions in relation to the matters specified in the first column of that Schedule and shall be payable— a in relation to entries 5,6 and 22 in Schedule 4, as stated in those entries; b in relation to all other matters, on the performance by the registrar of the relevant function. 2 The fee prescribed in relation to entry 22 in Schedule 4 is not payable in respect of any month for which the applicant pays a fee to the registrar for an electronic subscription service under Regulations providing for fees in respect of functions of the registrar in relation to limited liability partnerships or of the Department of Trade and Industry in relation to European Economic Interest Groupings. Application of fees 5 The fees prescribed by regulation 4 apply— a in relation to entries 1 to 4 (inclusive) and 6 to 10 (inclusive) in Schedule 4, to any matter in respect of which every document necessary for the registrar to carry out her functions in respect of that matter is delivered to her on or after 1st February 2005; b in relation to entry 5 in that Schedule, to the delivery of any annual return— i in relation to which the return date is on or after 1st February 2005, and ii which is delivered on or after 1st February 2005; c in relation to entries 11 to 21 (inclusive) and 23 and 24 in that Schedule, to any matter in respect of which a request is received by the registrar on or after 1st February 2005; d in relation to entry 22 in that Schedule, in respect of February 2005 and any subsequent months. Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Postal Services and Consumers, Department of Trade and Industry 6th October 2004