S.I. No. 326/2018 - Trade Union (Fees) Regulations 2018


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th August, 2018.

I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the Trade Union Act 1871 , as adapted by section 2 (as adapted by the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 364 of 2017 )) of the Registry of Friendly Societies Act, 1936 (No. 51 of 1936), section 13 of Trade Union Act 1975 (No. 4 of 1975) and with the consent, required by section 3 (as adapted by the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 418 of 2011 )) of the Registry of Friendly Societies Act 1936 , of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Union (Fees) Regulations 2018.

2. In these Regulations:

“electronic form” means in relation to the doing of any act specified in the second column of Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations the doing of that act by means of the electronic filing system in use by the Registrar of Friendly Societies;

“paper form” means, in relation to a matter specified in the second column of Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations:

(a) the filing of a document or an application in paper form, or

(b) the inspection of a document or an application submitted in paper form, or

(c) the submission of a document in paper form.

3. (1) The fees to be paid to the Registrar of Friendly Societies are those set out in the third and fourth columns of Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations opposite the mention of the matter specified in the second column of the Schedule.

(2) No fee shall be payable in respect of the services specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

4. The Trade Union (Fees) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1995 ) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Table of Fees.

ReferenceNumber

Matter in respect of which Fee is payable

Fee:Paper form

Fee: Electronic form

1

Application to register a trade union

€1.25

€1.25

2

Application to register an alteration of rules

€0.60

€0.60

3

Direction to transfer stock

€50.00

Not applicable

4

Registry of notice of a dissolution

€100.00

Not applicable

5

Filing of a trade union’s annual return

€40.00

€20.00

6

Filing of notice of change of registered office

€15.00

Nil

7

Application to register a change of name of trade union

€100.00

€50.00

8

(a) Approval of an instrument of amalgamation(b) Registry of an instrument of amalgamation

€100.00€100.00

Not applicable

9

(a) Approval of an instrument of transfer of engagements(b) Registry of an instrument of transfer of engagements

€100.00€100.00

Not applicable

10

Signature or seal of the Registrar to a document not chargeable with any other fee

€12.00

€12.00

11

(a) Inspection of a trade union file (b) Copy or extract of any document (in addition to fee for Registrars signature or seal)

€0.20€3.00Provided that the Registrar may dispense with the fee in cases where he/she considers that it is in the public interest so to do

Not applicable€2.50

12

Authentication of a document required to be authenticated by the Registrar which is not chargeable with any other fee

€12.00

€12.00

13

Printout of name and address of a trade union

€0.20

€0.20

Part 2

Services for which no fee is payable.

1. Cancellation or withdrawal of certificate of registry of trade union.

2. Any document or copy document supplied to a public department.

3. Any document in respect of which a fee is already chargeable under the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990, or under any other Act.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 August 2018.

PASCAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 August 2018.

HEATHER HUMPHREYS,

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations set out the fees to be paid to the Registrar of Friendly Societies in respect of matters under the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990.