PART IVMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Financial provisions

Regulations as to charges44

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 doneF1 or to be done by those councilsF1 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 asF1 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.