{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-officer-amendment-of-fees-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-officer-amendment-of-fees-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-officer-amendment-of-fees-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations, which come into force on 1st April 1994 make alterations to the fees payable to the Certification Officer. These fees are altered as follows:—\n(a) the fee payable on application for approval of a proposed instrument of amalgamation or transfer is increased from £1347 to £1518;\n(b) the fee payable on an application for approval of a change of name is decreased from £90 to £86;\n(c) the fee for an inspection of documents kept by the Certification Officer in respect of trade union, or employers' association amalgamations is decreased from £55 to £50;\n(d) the fee for the entry of the name of an amalgamated organisation in the lists maintained by the Certification Officer where the name of each of the amalgamating organisations is already entered is decreased from £127 to £50;\n(e) the fee on application by an organisation of workers to have its name entered in the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer is decreased from £291 to £129;\n(f) the fee on application by an organisation of employers to have its name entered on the list of employers' associations maintained by the Certification Officer is decreased from £291 to £129;\n(g) the fee payable on an application by a trade union for a certificate of independence is increased from £436 to £1450.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/546/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:39:27.454204+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}