44.—(1) Regulations may require or authorise charges to be imposed by district councils or, as the case may be,[F1 the Food Standards Agency or] the Department of Agriculture in respect of things done[F1 or to be done] by those councils[F1 or the Food Standards Agency] or that Department which are required or authorised by or under this Order.
(2) Regulations under this Article may include such provision as[F1 the Department] sees fit as regards charges for which the regulations provide and the recovery of such charges; and nothing in paragraphs (3) and (4) shall prejudice this.
(3) Regulations under this Article may provide that the amount of a charge (if imposed) is to be at the discretion of the district council or, as the case may be,[F1 the Food Standards Agency or] the Department of Agriculture or to be at its discretion subject to a maximum or a minimum.
(4) Regulations under this Article providing that a charge may not exceed a maximum amount, or be less than a minimum amount, may prescribe, as regards any amount, a sum or a method of calculating the amount.