Infrastructure Act 2015

Section 42

SCHEDULE 7 E+W+S The licensing levy

The amount of the levy E+W+S

1 E+W+S Regulations may provide for the licensing levy payable in respect of a charging period to increase or decrease over that period.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 1 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Basis of amount E+W+S

2 E+W+S Regulations may provide for an amount of licensing levy payable by a licence holder to be calculated by reference to the size of an area to which an energy industry licence held by that person relates.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Amounts payable by different categories of licence holders E+W+S

3 E+W+S Regulations may provide for different categories of licence holders to pay—

(a) different amounts of licensing levy, or

(b) amounts of licensing levy calculated, set or determined in different ways.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Exemptions E+W+S

4 E+W+S Regulations may provide for a category of licence holder to be exempt from payment of the licensing levy.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Unpaid levy E+W+S

5 (1) Regulations may provide for interest (at a rate specified in, or determined under, the regulations) to be charged in respect of unpaid amounts of licensing levy. E+W+S

(2) Regulations may provide for unpaid amounts of licensing levy (together with any interest charged) to be recoverable as a civil debt.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Conferral of functions E+W+S

6 E+W+S Regulations may confer a function (including a function involving the exercise of a discretion) on—

(a) the Secretary of State, or

(b) any other person, apart from the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Categories of licence holders E+W+S

7 (1) Regulations (including regulations of the kinds mentioned in paragraphs 3 and 4) may provide for a category of licence holder to consist of persons who hold a kind of energy industry licence specified in the regulations. E+W+S

(2) The regulations may (in particular) specify any of the following kinds of energy industry licence—

(a) licences granted under a particular enactment;

(b) licences of a particular description granted under a particular enactment;

(c) licences, or licences of a particular description (including a description falling within paragraph (a) or (b)), granted—

(i) before a particular time,

(ii) after a particular time, or

(iii) during a particular period.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)

Interpretation E+W+S

8 E+W+S In this Schedule—

• “energy industry licence” means a licence falling within section 42(1);

• “licence holder” means a person who holds an energy industry licence (whether the person was granted it or has, after its grant, acquired it by assignment or other means);

• “regulations” means regulations under section 42(1).

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 12.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(d)