S.I. No. 87/1978 - Friendly Societies (Fees) Regulations, 1978

S.I. No. 87 of 1978.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1978

I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 96 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, as adapted by section 2 of the Registry of Friendly Societies Act, 1936 (No. 51 of 1936), and the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1977 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Friendly Societies (Fees) Regulations, 1978.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of April, 1978.

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 Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977, 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. Paragraph 19 of Regulation IV and Regulation XI of the Regulations dated January 1, 1897, made by the Treasury, as amended by Regulations dated June 15, 1897, January 1, 1903 and July 1, 1903, are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Fees Payable.

Ref. No.	Service	Fee
		£
1.	Acknowledgement of registry of a Specially Authorised Society	20·00
2.	Acknowledgement of registry of an amendment of rules of a Specially Authorised Society
	( a ) complete amendment	15·00
	( b ) partial amendment	7·50
3.	Registry of a special resolution by any society (including approval of a change of name)	5·00
4.	A direction to transfer stock	5·00
5	Appointment of an inspector or calling of a special meeting	12·50
6	Determination of the Registrar on a dispute or his award for dissolution or distribution of funds
	(i) where the matter is settled without a hearing or on one hearing without adjournment	6·25
	(ii) where more than one hearing is required the same fee as at (i) together with for every hearing after the first and for every adjournment	6·25
	(iii) award for appropriation or division of assets of a society or branch—
	( a ) where the assets do not exceed £200	12·50
	( b ) for every additional £100	1·00
		Provided that where application is made for investigation into the affairs of a society with a view to dissolution thereof on the grounds that the rates of contribution fixed in the rules of the society are insufficient to cover the benefits assured, the Registrar, before making his award, may require the payment of such fees as he deems fit not exceeding the fees specified at ref. No. 13.
7.	Order dispensing with consents and conditions for amalgamation or transfer of engagements—
	(i) where the matter is settled without a hearing or on one hearing	6·25
	(ii) for every hearing after the first and for every adjournment ...	6·25
8.	Signature or seal of the Registrar to a document not chargeable with any other fee	1·00
9.	Inspection of a society's file	0·25
		Provided that the Registrar may dispense with the fee in cases where he considers that it is in the public interest so to do.
10.	Copy or extract of any document (in addition to fee for Registrar's signature)	Such fee as may be fixed by the Registrar.
11.	Registry of a valuation where the society has been suspended for default in furnishing the valuation	fee equal to cost of advertisement.
12.	Exemption from valuation of society which periodically divides its funds	10·00
13.	Where a society desires its valuation to be carried out by an actuary to be named by the Registrar-
	if the number of members does not exceed 150	50·00
	if over 150 but not exceeding 250	75·00
	if over 250 but not exceeding 350	100·00
	if over 350 but not exceeding 500	125·00
	if over 500 but not exceeding 700	200·00
	if over 700 but not exceeding 1,000	220·00
	for every 500 members or portion thereof exceeding 1,000	such fee as may be fixed by the Registrar.

PART II.

Services for which no fee is payable.

1. Acknowledgement of registry of, or acknowledgement of registry of any amendment of rules of, a Specially Authorised Society which is registered under the Special Authorities Regulations dated 16th May, 1876, 23rd April, 1903, and 15th August, 1917, and which contains in its rules provisions (a) and (b) of the Societies Borrowing Powers Act, 1898.

2. Acknowledgement of registry of, or acknowledgement of registry of any amendment of rules of, all classes of Societies, other than Specially Authorised Societies, under the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977.

3. Cancellation or suspension of registry of a society.

4. Filing of notice of change of office.

5. Filing of notice of appointment of trustees.

6. Notice of establishment of a branch, or the rules of such branch or any amendment thereto.

7. Filing of an instrument of dissolution or any amendment thereto.

8. Any document supplied to a public department.

9. Any document in respect of which a fee is otherwise chargeable under the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977, or under any other Act.

10. The comparison of documents to bring them into conformity with registered documents.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of March. 1978.

DESMOND O'MALLEY.

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 8th day

of March, 1978.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA.

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 Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977.