Explanatory note

These regulations supersede the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1995. They generally increase the fees to be paid for matters to be transacted under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 and 1967.

The revised fees more closely equate to the cost of delivering the services to which they relate and, as a result, some fees have been increased substantially whilst others have remained the same or have been reduced. Additionally a three-tiered approach has been adopted for the registration of a society by which one using strict model rules will pay a reduced charge, one using model rules with a restricted number of amendments will pay a higher charge and one using free draft rules will pay the most.