COMPANIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992, and shall come into force on the 1st January 1993. 2 In these Regulations, “the 1991 Regulations ” means the Companies (Fees) Regulations 1991 . 3 Regulation 2 of the 1991 Regulations shall be amended in the following manner:— a For the definition of “the 1985 Act ” there shall be substituted: “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985, and any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is a reference to a section of or a Schedule to that Act; b For the definition of “basic set of microfiche copies”, there shall be substituted: “basic set of microfiche copies” means a set of copies of the records relating to one branch or undertaking kept by the registrar of companies in the form of microfiche copies, other than copies of excluded documents and lists of members consisting of more than 10 pages; . c The following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “basic set of microfiche copies”: “branch” means a particular branch of an oversea company registered by that company under paragraph 1 Schedule 21A ; d For the definitions of “excluded annual returns” and “excluded accounts” there shall be substituted: “excluded documents” means any copy accounts, annual returns or copy annual returns other than the last three copy accounts, annual returns or copy annual returns received by the registrar of companies in respect of a branch or an undertaking; . e After the words “under section 714” in the definition of “the index”, the following shall be inserted: ; and “undertaking” means an undertaking as defined in section 259(1) , and the word “and” shall be deleted at the end of the definition of “on-line request”. 4 The Schedule to the 1991 Regulations is amended in the following manner:— a After entry 1, insert: 1A. For registration of particulars required by section 691 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A in respect of the establishment of a place of business or a branch of an oversea company £50.00 . b In entry 2, in the first column, for “of an oversea company” substitute “delivered under Chapter II of Part XXIII (other than at the same time as the registration of a branch under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A)”. c After entry 3, insert: 3A. For registration or re-registration pursuant to section 694 of a name under which an oversea company proposes to carry on business in Great Britain £50.00 . d In entries 5, 10, 12, 13 and 14, in the first column, for “a company” substitute “a branch or an undertaking” and in entries 7, 8, 12(a) (twice) and 16 (twice), in the first column, for “company” substitute “branch or undertaking”. e In entries 5 and 10, in the first column, for “excluded annual returns and excluded accounts” substitute “excluded documents”. f After entry 16 insert: 16A. For inspection on a computer terminal of the registrar of particulars registered in respect of a branch £1.00 16B. For paper copies of particulars registered in respect of a branch 50p per screen of information on a computer terminal . 5 1 The fee prescribed in entry 1A of the Schedule to the 1991 Regulations (as inserted by regulation 4(a) above) shall not be payable in respect of the registration of a branch of an oversea company under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A to the Companies Act 1985 where: a the particulars required by paragraph 1 have been delivered to the registrar prior to 1 July 1993; and b that company was registered in the same part of Great Britain immediately prior to 1 January 1993. 2 For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) above, an oversea company is a registered company if it has duly delivered documents under section 691 to the registrar for that part of Great Britain in which it has established its place of business, and has not given notice to him under section 696(4) that it has ceased to have an established place of business in that part of Great Britain. Neil Hamilton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affair, Department of Trade and Industry 17th November 1992