Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 3007
Companies
The Companies (Fees for Inspection of Company Records) Regulations 2008
Made
19th November 2008
Laid before Parliament
21st November 2008
Coming into force
1st October 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 162(5)(b), 275(5)(b), 877(4)(b), 892(4)(b), 1137(4), 1167 and 1292(1)(c) of the Companies Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Fees for Inspection of Company Records) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st October 2009.
(2) These Regulations apply where a person inspects a register or instrument referred to in regulation 2 on or after 1st October 2009 regardless of the date on which the request to inspect that register or instrument was made.
Fee for inspection of company records
2. For the purposes of the following provisions of the Companies Act 2006—
(a) section 162(5)(b) (register of directors);
(b) section 275(5)(b) (register of secretaries);
(c) section 877(4)(b) (instruments creating charges and register of charges: England and Wales and Northern Ireland); and
(d) section 892(4)(b) (instruments creating charges and register of charges: Scotland),
the fee prescribed is £3.50 for each hour or part thereof during which the right of inspection is exercised.
Ian Pearson
Economic and Business Minister,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
19th November 2008