S.I. No. 291/1983 - Industrial and Provident Societies (Fees) Regulations, 1983.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies (Fees) Regulations, 1983.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 17th day of October, 1983.

3. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937) applies to these Regulations.

4. (1) The fees to be paid for matters to be transacted or for the inspection of documents under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978, shall be the fees that are specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) No fee shall be payable for the services specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

5. The Industrial and Provident Societies (Fees) Regulations, 1978, (

S.I. No. 84 of 1978

) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Services for which Fees are Payable

Ref. No.

Service

Fee

1.

Acknowledgment of registry of a society ...

£100.00

Provided that the Registrar may, at his discretion, reduce the fee payable for the acknowledgement of registry to not less than £10.00 in the case of any class or classes of society whose objects or rules or any other special circumstances, in his opinion, entitled such Society to such reduction.

2.

Acknowledgement of registry of an amendment of rules:—

(a) complete amendment ... ...

£40.00

(b) partial amendment ... ...

£16.00

3.

Registry of special resolution (including approval of change of name) ... ...

£16.00

4.

Appointment of inspector or calling of special meeting ... ... ... ...

£40.00

5.

Determination on a dispute or an award for the distribution of funds

(a) where the matter is settled without a hearing or on one hearing without adjournment ... ... ...

£15.00

(b) for every hearing after the first and for every adjournment ... ...

£12.50

6.

For the signature or seal of the Registrar to a document not chargeable with any other fee ... ... ... ... ...

£2.00

7.

Inspection of a Society's file ... ...

£0.50

8.

Copy or extract of any document (in addition to a fee for the Registrar's signature) ...

Ten pence per photostat copy of any page or extract of any document or portion of any page or extract thereof.

9.

Filing or registering of documents concerning the winding up of a Society under the provisions of the

Companies Act, 1963

Such fee as may be specified in the Eight Schedule to the

Companies Act, 1963

.

PART II

Services for which no Fee is Chargeable

1.

Cancellation or suspension of the registration of a Society.

2.

Filing of notice of change of registered office.

3.

Filing of an instrument of dissolution or any amendment thereto.

4.

Any document or copy document supplied to a public department.

5.

The provision of any document in respect of which a fee is chargeable under any other Act or under any other provision of the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of September, 1983.

FRANK CLUSKEY,

Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

ALAN M. DUKES,

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 30th day of September, 1983.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to increase the fees to be paid for matters to be transacted or for the inspection of documents under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978.

S.I. No. 291 of 1983.

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1983.

I, FRANK CLUSKEY, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 73 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893, as adapted by

section 2

of the

Registry of Friendly Societies Act, 1936

(No. 51 of 1936), and the Industry, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981, (

S.I. No. 290 of 1981

) hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following Regulations