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Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 454
COMPANIES
FEES AND CHARGES
The Registrar of Companies and Register of Overseas Entities (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
1st April 2024
Laid before Parliament
3rd April 2024
Coming into force
25th April 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1063(1) to (3A) and 1292(1)(c) of the Companies Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registrar of Companies and Register of Overseas Entities (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 25th April 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment to the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
2.The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024( 2 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 4(l)(i), for “for” in the first place it occurs substitute “in” ;
(b) for the heading to Part 5, substitute “TRANSITIONAL PROVISION” ;
(c) in regulation 8—
(i) for “7th January 2024” substitute “30th April 2024” ;
(ii) for “8th January 2024” substitute “1st May 2024” .
Amendment to the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024
3.The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024( 3 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(i) omit the definition of “duty to deliver documents by electronic means”;
(ii) omit the definition of “exception to the duty to deliver documents by electronic means”;
(b) for regulation 3 (fees payable to the registrar) substitute—
“ 3. The Schedule to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of functions relating to the register of overseas entities. ” ;
(c) in regulation 4 (transitional provisions)—
(i) for “7th January 2024” substitute “30th April 2024” ;
(ii) for “8th January 2024” substitute “1st May 2024” .
Kevin Hollinrake
Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
Department for Business and Trade
1st April 2024
2006 c.46 . Section 1063 was amended by section 93 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56) .