Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1969/519 |
| Year | 1969 |
1969 No. 519 (L. 7)
COMPANIES
WINDING-UP
The Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 19691stApril 1969
1stMay 1969
The Lord Chancellor and the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 365(3) of the Companies Act 1948(a) and sections 2 and 3 of the Public Offices Fees Act 1879(b), hereby make, sanction and consent to the following Order:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1969 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1969.
(2) The Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1929(c), (in this Order referred to as "the 1929 Order"), the Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1930(d), the Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1949(e), the Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1952(f) and the Companies (Board of Trade) Fees Order 1963(g) are hereby revoked.
2. The fees and percentages to be charged for and in respect of proceedings in the winding-up of companies shall be those set out in Tables A and B in the Schedule to this Order.
3. Where the head office of the company being wound up is situated out of England, and the liquidation takes place partly in England and partly elsewhere, or where the court has sanctioned a reconstruction of the company or a scheme of arrangement of its affairs, or where for any other reason the Official Receiver satisfies the Board of Trade that the fees in the said Table B would be excessive, such reduction may be made in the said fees as may, on the application of the Board of Trade, be sanctioned by the Treasury.
4.—(1) The fees set out in Table A shall be taken by adhesive or impressed stamps.
(2) The fees and percentages set out in Table B shall be taken in cash.
(a) 1948 c. 38.
(b) 1879 c. 58.
(c) S.R. & O. 1929/831 (Rev. IV, p. 749:1929, p. 352).
(d) S.R. & O. 1930/1064 (Rev. IV, p. 749:1930, p. 287).
(e) S.I. 1949/850 (1949 I, p. 930).
(f) S.I. 1952/2117 (1952 I, p. 624).
(g) S.I. 1963/467 (1963 I, p. 529).
5.—(1) An impressed stamp denoting payment of a fee shall be an impressed judicature fee stamp and the party presenting the document for stamping shall inform the stamping officer, by means of an indication on the document or otherwise, that the fee relates to a proceeding for or in the winding-up of a company.
(2) An adhesive stamp denoting payment of a fee shall be an adhesive fee stamp on which the words "Companies Winding-up" have been printed.
6.—(1) In any case where, on the coming into operation of this Order, any audit has become due or has taken place, but where the statement of affairs has not yet been lodged, a fee equal to Fee No. II(b) (2) of Table B of the 1929 Order shall be charged on the lodgment of the statement of affairs.
(2) In any case where, on the...
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