S.I. No. 400/1980 - Companies (Fees) Order, 1980.

1. This Order may be cited as the Companies (Fees) Order, 1980.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1980.

3. The Eighth Schedule to the

Companies Act, 1963

(No. 33 of 1963), is hereby altered by the substitution for the matter (inserted by the Companies (Fees) Order, 1976 (

S.I. No. 64 of 1976

)), contained in the first and second columns of Part I of that Schedule of the following

"Matter in respect of which fee is payable

Amount of fee

For registration of a company

£75.00

For registration of change of a company name

£75.00

For registration of any existing company except such companies as are by this Act exempted from payment of fees in respect of registration under this Act

£75.00

For registration of an increase in share capital of any company

An amount equal to the difference, if any, between £75 and the amount already paid

For registration of an increase in the membership of a company limited by guarantee or an unlimited company

An amount equal to the difference, if any, between £75 and the amount already paid

For registering any document by this Act required or authorised to be registered or required to be delivered, sent or forwarded to the registrar, other than in connection with the change of company name

£1.00

For making a record of any fact by this Act required or authorised to be recorded by the registrar, other than in connection with the change of company name.

£1.00

4. Where the Minister directs, pursuant to

Section 23

(2) of the

Companies Act, 1963

, that a company shall change its name, any fee required to be paid in respect of the registration of the alteration of the name of the company shall not be charged, levied or paid.

5. The Companies (Fees) Order, 1964 (

S.I. No. 44 of 1964

) is hereby amended by the substitution for Article 3 (inserted by the Companies (Fees) Order, 1976), of the following article

"3. The following fees are hereby prescribed for the purposes of Section 103 of the Act

For registering a charge required to be registered under Part IV (excluding Section 112) of the Act

£2.00

For registering particulars of a series of debentures under Part IV of the Act

£2.00

For registering particulars of charges under Section 112 of the Act

£2.00

For inspecting the register of charges — for each inspection

£0.25

"

6. The Companies (Fees) Order, 1976 is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism,

this 18th day of December, 1980.

HUGH McGLOIN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to increase the fees to be paid in connection with certain provisions of the

Companies Act, 1963

.

S.I. No. 400 of 1980.

COMPANIES (FEES) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

Sections 103

,

112

and

395

of the

Companies Act, 1963

(No. 33 of 1963), hereby orders as follows