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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-and-provident-societies-amendment-of-fees-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-and-provident-societies-amendment-of-fees-regulations-1994",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations supersede the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1993. They generally increase by about 3% the fees to be paid for matters transacted under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 and 1967. Fees for searches and copies have increased by 12.5% and 20% respectively but in these cases the fee has not been increased since April 1992. Fees for the registration of a special resolution for amalgamation or transfer of engagements and for the registration of an instrument of dissolution are simplified by the introduction of a flat-rate fee, towards the lower end of the former scales. An exemption from charge is also introduced where documents registered in one of the two registration areas (England, Wales and the Channel Islands or Scotland) are recorded in the other.\nA review of the cost of compliance with these Regulations has been undertaken and the resulting compliance cost assessment may be purchased from the Registry of Friendly Societies, 15 Great Marlborough Street, London W1V 2AX.\nCompliance Cost Assessment\nTHE INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT OF FEES) REGULATIONS 1994\nThe purpose and benefit of the Regulations\n1 The Industrial and Provident Societies are registered by the Central Office of the Registry of Friendly Societies. Fees for registration and related functions along with fees for inspection and copying of documents are charged so as to recover the costs of supplying the service.\n2 These regulations give the basis and amounts of the fees and the charges levied.\nBusiness Sectors Affected\n3 All industrial and provident societies.\nCompliance Cost\n4 These regulations, in themselves, do not put any significant administrative burden on societies. Compliance simply requires the fees to be paid, normally by making out a cheque.\n5 Fees are reviewed annually and regulations are made to replace those for the previous year.\n6 The burden of compliance is therefore simply the increases in the fees themselves ie across the board of about 3%, rounded. Fees for inspections (an increase of 12.5%) and copying (an increase of 20%), both very small, have been increased more than 3% in order to obtain round figures and to take into account the fact that these fees were not increased last year. The fees for special resolutions, for amalgamations or transfers of engagements, and for registration of an instrument of dissolution have been simplified and a flat fee for all societies has therefore been set. Some other minor detailed changes have also been made. The overall effect is to simplify the structure of the fees.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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