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"the Principal Regulations" means the Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (Amalgamations, etc.) Regulations 1975[2].

"the 1992 Act" means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Amendment of fees payable to the Certification Officer
     2. In paragraph (1) of regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations (fee to accompany an application for approval of a proposed instrument of amalgamation or transfer), for "£1950" substitute "£1850".

     3. In paragraph (2) of regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations for "£87" substitute "£96" (fee on an application for approval of a change of name) and for "£46" substitute "£19" (fee for every inspection on the same day of documents kept by the Certification Officer under Chapter VII of Part I of the 1992 Act relating to one and the same organisation).

     4. In regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations (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 so entered) for "£54" substitute "£41".

     5. The fee of £150 is prescribed for the purposes of section 3(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of workers to have its name entered in the list of trade unions).

     6. The fee of £150 is prescribed for the purposes of section 124(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of employers to have its name entered in the list of employers' associations).

     7. The fee of £4066 is prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by a trade union for a certificate of independence).

     8. The fee of £41 is prescribed for the purposes of section 101B(2) of the 1992 Act in circumstances where, at the time the instrument of amalgamation was registered by the Certification Officer, the condition in section 101A(3) of the 1992 Act was satisfied and the Certification Officer was, accordingly, under the duty in subsection (4) of that section to issue a certificate of independence to the amalgamated union[3].

     9. The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1997[4] are hereby revoked.


Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers Department of Trade and Industry

14th March 2005



We approve regulations 2, 3, 4 and 8.


Nick Ainger

Gillian Merron
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

15th March 2005

[2] S.I. 1975/536, amended by S.I. 1978/1344. 1981/1631, 1988/310, 1989/205, 1990/339, 1991/484, 1992/461, 1993/936, 1994/546, 1995/483, 1996/651 and 1997/677.back

[3] Sections 101A and 101B were inserted by the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c..24), section 50(2).back

[4] S.I. 1997/677.back

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