The Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2001
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
14th March 2001
14th March 2001
6th April 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 708(1) and (2) of the Companies Act 1985[1], as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001[2], hereby makes the following Regulations:
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These Regulations may be cited as the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2001.
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These Regulations revoke the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2001[3].
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Regulations 1 and 2 shall come into force on the day after these Regulations are made. The remainder of these regulations shall come into force on 6th April 2001.
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In these Regulations:
"the 1985 Act" means the Companies Act 1985 and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of that Act;
"the 2000 Act" means the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000[4] and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of that Act;
"an annual return" means a document required to be submitted by a limited liability partnership to the registrar of companies under section 363 of the 1985 Act as applied to limited liability partnerships by the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001;
"the Companies Acts" has the meaning contained in section 744 of the 1985 Act as extended by regulation 4 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001;
"the register" means the register kept by the registrar of companies for the purposes of the Companies Acts.
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The fees set out in the second column of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be the fees payable in respect of the matters set out in the first column of that Schedule.
Kim Howells,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry
1. For registration of a limited liability partnership on its incorporation under the 2000 Act
£95.00
2. For registration of an annual return submitted by a limited liability partnership
£35.00
3. For registration of notification to the registrar of companies of a change of the name of a limited liability partnership
£20.00
4. For the performance by the registrar of companies of his functions in relation to an application by a limited liability partnership under section 652A of the 1985 Act, as applied to limited liability partnerships, for a limited liability partnerships's name to be struck off the register
£10.00
5. For the registration of a charge under Chapters I and II of Part XII of the 1985 Act as applied to limited liability partnerships
Per entry on a register of charges kept by the registrar of companies in respect of a limited liability partnership
£20.00
6. For a paper copy of a document relating to a limited liability partnership recorded and kept by the registrar of companies and delivered by post:
(a) in respect of one document
£9.00
(b) in respect of each further document relating to the same limited liability partnership requested on the same occasion
£2.50
7.For paper copies of particulars registered by way of an alphabetical index, accessed on the screen of computer terminals, of live and dissolved companies and limited liability partnerships together with their former names:
(a) per screen of information on a computer terminal delivered by post (first page)
£4.00
(b) for each additional page
£1.00
8. For a certified copy of, or extract from, any record kept by the registrar of companies for the purpose of the Companies Acts and relating to a limited liability partnership
£25.00
9. For a certificate of incorporation of a limited liability partnership
(a) for the first certificate supplied on any occasion
£25.00
(b) for each additional certificate supplied on the same occasion
(This note is not part of the Regulations)These regulations are made under section 708 of the Companies Act 1985. As applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001, section 708 requires the payment of fees in respect of certain functions performed by the registrar of companies both under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 and under the Companies Act 1985, as it is applied to limited liability partnerships.
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The fee for the registration of a limited liability partnership under sections 2 and 3 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 is £95.00.
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The fee for the registration of an annual return is £35.00. A limited liability partnership is required to submit an annual return to the registrar of companies by section 363 of the Companies Act 1985 as amended by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.
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The fee for the registration of a notification of a change of name of a limited liability partnership is £20.00. A limited liability partnership is permitted to change its name under paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.
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The fee for the performance by the registrar of companies of his functions in relation to an application by a limited liability partnership for its name to be struck off the register is £10.00. Section 652A of the Companies Act 1985 is applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.
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The fee for the registration of a charge, created by a limited liability partnership, is £20 per entry. The provisions governing the charges created by limited liability partnerships are contained in Chapters I and II of Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.
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Section 709 of the Companies Act 1985, as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001, enables persons to require the registrar of companies to produce a copy of information contained in the records kept by him. For a paper copy of a document relating to a limited liability partnership delivered by post the fee is £9.00. For each further document relating to the same limited liability partnership requested on the same occasion the fee is £2.50.
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For paper copies of a screen of information shown on a computer terminal, kept by the registrar of companies, and containing an alphabetical index of live and dissolved companies and limited liability partnerships the fee is £4.00 when the information is delivered by post. For each additional page the fee is £1.00.
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Section 709 of the Companies Act 1985, as applied to limited liability partnerships, enables persons to require a certified copy of, or extract from, any record kept by the registrar of companies. The fee for a certified copy of, or extract from, any record relating to a limited liability partnership is £25.00.
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Section 3(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 provides that upon the incorporation of a limited liability partnership the registrar of companies shall give a certificate that the limited liability partnership is incorporated by the name specified in the incorporation document. For the first certificate of incorporation of a limited liability partnership supplied on any occasion, other than on incorporation (when the certificate is included in the incorporation fee) the fee is £25.00. The fee for each additional certificate supplied on the same occasion is £10.00.
