The Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009

Regulation 21

SCHEDULE 5 Fees

Fee

1.  The local authority may charge a fee, payable on invoice, for the activities in the following table, and the fee is the reasonable cost of providing the service subject to the following maximum amounts.

Service		Maximum fee (£)
(i) No fee is payable where a sample is taken and analysed solely to confirm or clarify the results of the analysis of a previous sample.
Risk assessment (each assessment):		500
Sampling (each visit)(i):		100
Investigation (each investigation):		100
Granting an authorisation (each authorisation):		100
Analysing a sample—
	taken under regulation 10:	25
	taken during check monitoring:	100
	taken during audit monitoring:	500

Persons liable to pay

2.—(1) Any person requesting anything under these Regulations is liable for the cost.

(2) Otherwise fees are payable, as specified in the invoice, by the relevant person as defined in section 80(7) of the Water Industry Act 1991.

(3) Where more than one person is liable, in determining who is required to make payment the local authority—

(a) may apportion the charge between them; and

(b) must have regard to any agreement or other document produced to the local authority relating to the terms on which water is supplied.