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[F1(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the payment of a charge or fee to a planning authority in respect of—
(a)the performance by the planning authority of any of the authority's functions,
(b)anything done by the authority which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any such function.
(1A)The regulations may (any or all)—
(a)specify the person by whom the charge or fee is to be paid,
(b)make provision as to how the charge or fee is to be calculated,
(c)specify the person by whom the calculation is to be made,
(d)make different provision for different classes of case,
[F2(da)make provision for the charge or fee payable to different planning authorities to be of different amounts,]
(e)specify circumstances in which no charge or fee is to be paid,
(f)specify circumstances in which the charge or fee is to be transferred from one planning authority to another.
[F3(1AA)Provision such as mentioned in subsection (1A)(da) may be made in respect of a planning authority where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the functions of the authority are not being, or have not been, performed satisfactorily.
(1AB)The power to make provision such as is mentioned in subsection (1A)(da) is without prejudice to the generality of the power in section 275(2A).]
(1B)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (d) of subsection (1A), in relation to applications for planning permission, different provision may be made under that paragraph according to whether an application is made before or after the carrying out of the development to which it relates.]
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as he thinks fit for the payment—
F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)of a fee of the prescribed amount to him in respect of any F5... application for planning permission which is deemed to be made to him under this Act or any order or regulations made under it.
[F6(3)Regulations under—
(a)subsection (1), may provide for the remission or refunding of a prescribed charge or fee,
(b)subsection (2), may provide for the remission or refunding of a prescribed fee,
(in whole or in part) in prescribed circumstances.]
[F6(4)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), circumstances prescribed under that subsection may include those where the Scottish Ministers consider (or a person appointed by them under or by virtue of this Act considers) that in the performance or actings in respect of which the charge or fee is payable—
(a)the planning authority have behaved unreasonably, or
(b)there has been unreasonable delay.]
F7[F6(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)Where a charge or fee is calculated in pursuance of the regulations, the planning authority must secure that, taking one financial year with another, the income from the fee or charge does not exceed the cost of the performance of the function or, as the case may be, of the doing of the thing.
(8)A financial year is a period of 12 months beginning with 1 April.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 252(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 252(1) (14.5.2009) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 31(a), 59(2); S.S.I. 2009/179, art. 2
F2S. 252(1A)(da) inserted (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), ss. 55(a), 61(2); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.
F3S. 252(1AA)(1AB) inserted (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), ss. 55(b), 61(2); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.
F4S. 252(2)(a) repealed (1.2.2011) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), s. 59(2), sch.; S.S.I. 2010/400, art. 3, sch.
F5Word in s. 252(2)(b) repealed (1.2.2011) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), s. 59(2), sch.; S.S.I. 2010/400, art. 3, sch.
F6S. 252(3)-(8) substituted for s. 252(3)-(5) (14.5.2009) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 31(b), 59(2); S.S.I. 2009/179, art. 2
F7S. 252(5)(6) repealed (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), ss. 55(c), 61(2); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.; S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.
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