S.I. No. 366/2005 - Business Names Regulations 2005

I, Michael Ahern, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (No. 30 of 1963) (as adapted by the Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1997 ) and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No.2) Order 2004 ( S.I. No. 808 of 2004 ), hereby order as follows:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Business Names Regulations 2005.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 2005.

3. The Business Names Regulations ( S.I. No. 291 of 2002 ) are amended -

(a) in Regulation 5 by substituting “column 2 or 3” for “column 2”, and

(b) by substituting for Schedule 1 the following:

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SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3(b)

FEES

ITEM	FEE	FEE
	(paper filing)	(electronic filing)
Furnishing a statement of particulars under section 4 of the Act and the issue of one certificate of registration	€40	€20
Subject to the exception set out below, furnishing a statement of change in the particulars registered under section 7 of the Act and the issue, where necessary, of one certificate of registration of change in the business name	€15	Not Applicable (“N/A”)
Furnishing a statement of change of address of the principal place of business registered under section 7 of the Act, and the issue, where necessary, of one certificate of registration of change in the business name	€15	Nil
Inspecting, under section 16 of the Act, any documents kept by the registrar, whether in paper format or electronically	€3.50 in respect of each such inspection	€3.50 for each uncertified copy or extract
Subject to the exception set out below, a certificate of registration of any person or a certified copy of or extract from any other document or any part of any other document	€12 for each certificate, certified copy or extract	N/A
A certificate of registration of any person which is intended for public sector use	€12	Nil
An uncertified copy of or extract from any document or any part of any document, whether furnished in paper format or electronically	€3.50 for each uncertified copy or extract	€3.50 for each uncertified copy or extract

In this Schedule “electronic filing” means the submission of data to the Companies Registration Office by means of the electronic form filing system in use by the registrar.

4. The Business Names Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 188 of 2003 ) are revoked.”.

Given under my hand,

11 July 2005

____________________________

Michael Ahern

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order provides for a reduction in or disapplication of filing fees where certain specified documents are filed electronically with the Registrar of Business Names and for an increase in filing fees where documents are delivered in paper format to the Registrar of Companies.