Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st October 2009.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006 ;

“the Main Regulations” means the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009 ( 2 ).

Interpretation of Main Regulations

3. The Main Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 2—

“ 2A. In these Regulations any reference to a “company” includes, where appropriate, a reference to a company to which section 1040 or 1043 of the 2006 Act applies. ” .

Amendment to Regulation 4

4. The Main Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 4—

“ 4A. The fees prescribed in relation to paragraphs 7(a), 8(a) and 10(a) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations are not payable in respect of any month for which the applicant pays a fee to the registrar for subscription to Companies House Direct, Extranet or XML (those terms are defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2) under regulations providing for the payment of fees in respect of the functions of the registrar in relation to the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents kept by the registrar relating to European Economic Interest Groupings and limited partnerships. ” .

Amendment to Schedule 1 to the Main Regulations

5. The Main Regulations are amended by inserting after paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 1—