Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

40 Charging fees

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision requiring a fee to be paid by a person—

(a) making an application for registration as a service provider (see section 6);

(b) making an application to vary a registration (see section 11);

(c) to allow the person to continue to be registered as a service provider for such period as may be specified in the regulations;

(d) for a copy of an inspection report (see section 36(3)(c));

(e) for a copy of the register published under section 38(3), or an extract of it.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision—

(a) specifying the amount of any fee or permitting the Welsh Ministers to determine the amount of any fee (subject to any limits or other factors as may be specified in the regulations);

(b) specifying circumstances in which a fee, which would otherwise be payable under the regulations, is not payable;

(c) specifying the time by which a fee is to be payable or specifying factors by which that time is to be determined by the Welsh Ministers;

(d) about the consequences of failing to pay a fee (which may include refusal to register, or cancellation of registration).

(3) Before making regulations under subsection (1) the Welsh Ministers must take reasonable steps to consult—

(a) persons who the Welsh Ministers think may be required to pay a fee by virtue of the regulations, and

(b) such other persons as they think appropriate.

(4) A fee payable by virtue of regulations made under subsection (1) may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered summarily as a civil debt.