9.—(1) Where an application is made to the council under regulation 8 of the Control of Advertisements Regulations for express consent to display an advertisement, a fee shall be paid to the council in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) and the fee shall be £189.
(2) Where the application relates to the display of advertisements on more than one piece of land, the fee payable in respect of the application shall be the aggregate of the sums payable (calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3)) in respect of the display of advertisements on each piece of land.
(3) Where the application relates to the display of more than one advertisement on the same land, a single fee shall be payable in respect of all the advertisements to be displayed on that land.
(4) Where the application relates to the display, within a specified area, of advertisements on parking meters, litter bins or bus shelters, the whole of the area to which the application relates shall be treated as one piece of land for the purposes of this regulation.
(5) No fee is payable under this regulation in respect of an application for express consent to display an advertisement if the application is occasioned by a direction under regulation 6 of the Control of Advertisement Regulations disapplying regulation 5 of those Regulations in relation to the advertisement in question.
(6) Any fee paid pursuant to this regulation shall be refunded if the application is rejected as invalidly made.