Fees regulations

Statutory fees will be implemented from 1 October 2009 as a result of the Companies Act 2006. These fees are introduced by the following sets of regulations (Statutory Instruments):

• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2101) - these regulations make provision for fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the registration of documents relating to companies, overseas companies and limited liability partnerships and in respect of the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents relating to companies, overseas companies and limited liability partnerships.

• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2439) - these regulations apply any reference to a “company” in the The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2009 to include, where appropriate, a reference to a company to which section 1040 or 1043 of the Companies Act 2006 applies.

• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships and Newspaper Proprietors) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2392) - these regulations make provision for fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the registration of documents relating to limited partnerships and the register of the proprietors of newspapers and in respect of the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents relating to limited partnerships.

• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2403) - these regulations make provision for fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the registration of documents relating to EEIGs and SEs and in respect of the inspection, or provision of copies, of documents relating to EEIGs.

For a list of administratively set fees, please see the Fees determination (PDF 211Kb).