The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Amendment of regulation 4

3.  For regulation 4 substitute—

“4.— (1) The fee payable for determining an application for a licence is comprised of—

(a) an application fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4); and

(b) if appropriate, a travel fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph (5).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3)—

(a) the application fee for an application which falls within Band 1 in the Schedule is £50; and

(b) the application fee for an application which falls within Band 2 or Band 3 in the Schedule is the product of £122 and the total number of hours worked.

(3) Where the application fee that would otherwise be payable under paragraph (2), taken together with the fee (if any) charged under section 67(5) of the Act, would exceed the maximum fee in relation to an application of the kind in question, the amount payable in respect of both such fees taken together is the maximum fee.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the maximum fee payable in respect of an application falling within any band specified in the first column of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (and of the kind described in the second column of that table) is specified in relation to that band in the third column of that table.

(5) The travel fee is comprised of—

(a) a travel time charge which is the product of £122 and the total number of hours of travel undertaken by each relevant person; and

(b) the total amount of the reasonable travelling costs and related incidental expenditure incurred in respect of each relevant person.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(b) and (5)(a), the total number of hours worked or travelled (as applicable) may be expressed as a fraction where it cannot be expressed as a whole number.

(7) In paragraph (5), “relevant person” means a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State in relation to an application.”.