Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 246
Trade Unions
The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2022
Made
8th March 2022
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2022
Coming into force
1st April 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 108 and section 293 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992( 1 ).
Regulation 4 and, to the extent that it revokes regulation 8 of the Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2005( 2 ), regulation 8 are made with the approval of the Treasury.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2022.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“ the Principal Regulations ” means the Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations (Amalgamations, etc) Regulations 1975 ( 3 );
“ the 1992 Act ” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 .
Amendment of fees payable to the Certification Officer
3. In paragraph (1) of regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations (approval of proposed instruments and notices), omit the words “by the fee prescribed by Regulation 11(1)”.
4. Regulation 11 and regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations (Fees) are omitted.
5. The fee of £519 is prescribed for the purposes of section 3(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of workers to have its name entered in the list of trade unions).
6. The fee of £519 is prescribed for the purposes of section 124(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of employers to have its name entered in the list of employers’ associations).
7. The fee of £997 is prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by a trade union for a certificate of independence).
8. The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2005 are revoked.
Paul Scully
Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
8th March 2022
We approve regulation 4 and, to the extent that it revokes regulation 8 of the Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 2005, regulation 8.
Amanda Solloway
Rebecca Harris
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2022
S.I. 1975/536 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/1344 , 1988/310 and 2005/713 .