E1C1C2Part VI Genetically Modified Organisms

Annotations:
Extent Information
E1

Pt VI: for extent of this Part see s. 164(4) below.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. VI (ss. 106-127): transfer of functions (16.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/253, art. 2, Sch. 1

Consents

I1113 Fees and charges.

1

The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make and from time to time revise a scheme prescribing—

a

fees payable in respect of applications for consents; and

b

charges payable by persons holding consents in respect of the subsistence of their consents;

and it shall be a condition of any such consent that any applicable prescribed charge is paid in accordance with that scheme.

2

A scheme under this section may, in particular—

a

provide for different fees or charges to be payable in different cases or circumstances;

b

provide for the times at which and the manner in which payments are to be made; and

c

make such incidental, supplementary and transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

3

The Secretary of State shall so frame a scheme under this section as to secure, so far as practicable, that the amounts payable under it will be sufficient, taking one financial year with another, to cover the expenditure of the Secretary of State in discharging his functions under this Part in relation to consents.

4

The Secretary of State shall, on making or revising a scheme under this section, lay a copy of the scheme or of the scheme as revised before each House of Parliament.

F15

The Scottish Ministers may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, provide in a scheme under this section for any functions under the scheme to be performed by a Minister of the Crown or government department where they consider it expedient to do so in relation to the implementation of Council Directive 90/220/EECM1.