Contents
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st February 2005.
2Interpretation#
In these Regulations—• “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985;• “the 2000 Act” means the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000;• “document package” means one of the sets of copies of documents relating to a limited liability partnership (in so far as such documents are delivered to the registrar of companies by the limited liability partnership) as described in one of the paragraphs in Schedule 2 and with the maximum number of documents in each package being as specified in Schedule 3, with the documents in the package being primarily determinable in reverse order of the dates of delivery to the registrar of companies;• “electronic information service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar of companies with no requirement for the applicant to deliver an access code;• “electronic subscription service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar of companies by delivering a non-encrypted access code;• “index” means one of the following indexes kept by the registrar of companies—(a) the index of company and corporate names and numbers;(b) the index of charges;• “limited liability partnership report” means a report containing the information relating to a limited liability partnership set out in Schedule 1 in so far as recorded by the registrar of companies in records kept by her for the purposes of the 1985 Act, as applied to limited liability partnerships;• “relevant document” means in relation to entry 2 in Schedule 3 a document which a limited liability partnership is required to deliver to the registrar of companies under any provisions of the 2000 Act or the 1985 Act, as applied to limited liability partnerships, other than a document in relation to the delivery of which a fee is specified in any other entry in Schedule 3;• “relevant period” means one of the following periods—(a) the period beginning with the incorporation of a limited liability partnership and ending immediately after the delivery to the registrar of companies of its first annual return; or(b) a period beginning immediately after delivery to the registrar of companies of an annual return and ending immediately after delivery to her of the next annual return;• “same day” means, in relation to a registration or provision of a certificate or certified copy, any such matter in relation to which—(a) a request for same day registration, provision of a certificate or certified copy (as the case may be) and all documents required to be delivered to the registrar of companies in connection therewith, are received by the registrar of companies—(a) in the case of a request for provision of a certificate or a certified copy, before 2.00 pm on the day in question, or(ii) in other cases, before 3.00 pm on that day, and(b) the registration (where requisite) is completed and the appropriate certificate or certified copy is issued to the applicant on that day;• “searchroom terminal” means a computer terminal operated by the applicant at an office of the registrar of companies.
3Revocations#
(1)Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations revoke the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
(2)The fee prescribed in relation to entry 2 in the Schedule to the Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 applies to the delivery of an annual return—
(a)in relation to which the return date is earlier than 1st February 2005; or
(b)which is delivered before 1st February 2005.
4Fees payable to the registrar of companies#
(1)Subject to paragraph 2, the fees set out in the second column of Schedule 3 shall be the fees payable in respect of the performance by the registrar of companies of her functions in relation to the matters specified in the first column of that Schedule and shall be payable—
(a)in relation to entries 2 and 15 in Schedule 3, as stated in those entries;
(b)in relation to all other matters, on the performance by the registrar of companies of the relevant function.
(2)The fee prescribed in relation to entry 15 in Schedule 3 is not payable in respect of any month for which the applicant pays a fee to the registrar of companies for an electronic subscription service under Regulations providing for fees in respect of functions of the registrar of companies in relation to companies or of the Department of Trade and Industry in relation to European Economic Interest Groupings.
5Application of fees#
The fees prescribed in regulation 4 apply—
(a)in relation to entries 1, 3, 4 and 5 in Schedule 3, to any matter in respect of which every document necessary for the registrar of companies to carry out her functions in respect of that matter is delivered to her on or after 1st February 2005;
(b)in relation to entry 2 in that Schedule, to the delivery of any annual return—
(i)in relation to which the return date is on or after 1st February 2005, and
(ii)which is delivered on or after 1st February 2005;
(c)in relation to entries 6 to 14 (inclusive) and 16 and 17 in that Schedule, to any matter in respect of which a request is received by the registrar of companies on or after 1st February 2005;
(d)in relation to entry 15 in that Schedule, in respect of February 2005 and any subsequent months.
Schedule 1 · Contents of limited liability partnership report
(1)Information relating to the limited liability partnership including its registered number, its date of incorporation, its name and the number of registered charges.
(2)Any previous names.
(3)A list of dates including those relating to latest annual accounts and annual returns and dates for the next such documents to be delivered to the registrar of companies.
(4)At the option of the applicant, either or both of the following sets of particulars—
(a)particulars of members of the limited liability partnership;
(b)particulars of charges registered in respect of the limited liability partnership
except that an applicant using electronic information service can not elect to have only the particulars under (b).
(5)List of documents delivered to the registrar of companies during the previous 18 months up to a maximum of 100 documents listed in the reverse order of the dates of delivery.
Schedule 2 · Document packages
(1)Incorporation documents and name changes documents• Any documents relating to strike-off• Latest annual accounts and notices specifying accounting reference date or extending the period allowed for delivering the accounts and the auditors' report• Latest annual return• Notification of change among members and changes in registered office in each case since the date to which the latest annual return was made up
(2)Latest annual accounts and notices specifying accounting reference date or extending the period allowed for delivering the accounts and the auditors' report• Latest annual return• Notification of change among members and changes in registered office in each case since the date to which the latest annual return was made up• Any documents relating to strike-off
(3)Charge related documents since incorporation
(4)Company Voluntary Arrangements, Administration, Receivership, Winding Up, Dissolution and strike-off related documents delivered to the registrar of companies since April 1995
(5)Annual accounts and notices specifying accounting reference date or extending the period allowed for delivering the accounts and the auditors' report
(6)Documents delivered to the registrar of companies by the limited liability partnership in a calendar year selected by the applicant (not available for years prior to 2003)
Schedule 3 · Fees payable to the registrar of companies
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