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4.—(1) Any person may apply to the Treasury for their approval of him as Operator of a relevant system.
(2) The application shall be made in such manner as the Treasury may direct and shall be accompanied by—
(a)a copy of the rules and any guidance to be issued by the applicant; and
(b)such other information as the Treasury may reasonably require for the purpose of determining the application.
(3) At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the Treasury may require the applicant to provide such further information as they reasonably consider necessary to enable them to determine the application.
(4) Information which the Treasury require under this regulation shall, if they so require, be provided in such form, or verified in such manner, as they may direct.
(5) Different directions may be given, or requirements imposed, by the Treasury with respect to different applications.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 26.11.2001, see reg. 1
5.—(1) If, on an application made under regulation 4, it appears to the Treasury that the requirements of Schedule 1 (which imposes requirements which must appear to the Treasury to be satisfied with respect to an Operator, his rules and practices and the relevant system) are satisfied with respect to the application, they may—
(a)subject to the payment of any fee charged by virtue of regulation 6(1); and
(b)subject to the provisions of Schedule 2,
approve the applicant as Operator of a relevant system.
(2) In considering an application, the Treasury may have regard to any information which they consider is relevant to the application.
(3) An approval under this regulation shall be by instrument in writing and shall state the date on which it is to take effect.
(4) Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to a decision to refuse an application made under regulation 4 as if references to an Operator were to the applicant.
(5) Provided that it had not been withdrawn before these Regulations came into force, an approval granted to a person under regulation 5 of the 1995 Regulations shall be treated as having been granted under this regulation.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 5 in force at 26.11.2001, see reg. 1
6.—(1) The Treasury may charge a fee to a person seeking approval as Operator of a relevant system.
(2) The Treasury may charge an Operator a periodical fee.
(3) Any fee chargeable by the Treasury under this regulation shall not exceed an amount which reasonably represents the amount of costs incurred—
(a)in the case of a fee charged to a person seeking approval, in determining whether to grant approval; and
(b)in the case of a periodical fee, in satisfying themselves that the Operator, his rules and practices and the relevant system continue to meet the requirements of Schedule 1 and that the Operator is complying with any obligations imposed on him by or under these Regulations.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the costs incurred by the Treasury shall be determined on the basis that they include such proportion of the following matters as are properly attributable to the performance of the relevant function—
(a)expenditure on staff, equipment, premises, facilities, research and development;
(b)the allocation, over a period of years, whether before or after the coming into force of these Regulations, of any initial expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively to perform the function or to prepare for its performance;
(c)any notional interest incurred on any capital expended on or in connection with the performance of the function or in preparing for its performance and, in a case in which any function is exercisable by the designated agency, any actual interest payable on any sums borrowed which have been so expended; and
(d)any other matter which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, may properly be taken account of in ascertaining the costs properly attributable to the performance of the function.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c)—
(a)“notional interest” means any interest which that person might reasonably have been expected to have been liable to pay had the sums expended been borrowed at arm’s length; and
(b)“actual interest” means the actual interest paid on sums borrowed in a transaction at arm’s length and, where a sum has been borrowed otherwise than in such a transaction, means whichever is the lesser of the interest actually paid and the interest that might reasonably have been expected to be paid had the transaction been at arm’s length.
(6) Any fee received by the Treasury under this regulation shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(7) Any fee received by the designated agency under this regulation may be retained by it.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 6 in force at 26.11.2001, see reg. 1
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