Part 1The Infrastructure Planning Commission
1The Infrastructure Planning Commission
1
There is to be a body corporate called the Infrastructure Planning Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).
2
The Commission's functions are those conferred on it by or under this or any other Act.
3
Schedule 1 is about the Commission.
2Code of conduct
1
The Commission must issue a code about the conduct expected of Commissioners in connection with the performance of the Commission's functions.
2
The code must include—
a
provision requiring each Commissioner to disclose financial and other interests in accordance with the procedure established under section 3, and
b
such other provision as the Secretary of State may direct.
3
The Commission must arrange for the code to be published.
4
The Commission—
a
must keep the code under review, and
b
may from time to time revise it or replace it.
5
References in this Act to the code of conduct issued under this section include the code as revised or replaced under this section.
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A failure to observe any provision of the code does not of itself make a Commissioner liable to any criminal or civil proceedings.
3Register of Commissioners' interests
1
The Commission must establish a procedure for the disclosure and registration of financial and other interests of Commissioners.
2
The Commission must arrange for the register entries to be published.
4Fees
1
The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for the charging of fees by the Commission in connection with the performance of any of its functions.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision—
a
about when a fee (including a supplementary fee) may, and may not, be charged;
b
about the amount which may be charged;
c
about what may, and may not, be taken into account in calculating the amount charged;
d
about who is liable to pay a fee charged;
e
about when a fee charged is payable;
f
about the recovery of fees charged;
g
about waiver, reduction or repayment of fees;
h
about the effect of paying or failing to pay fees charged;
i
for the supply of information for any purpose of the regulations.
3
The regulations may provide for the amounts of fees to be calculated by reference to costs incurred by the Commission—
a
in the performance of any of its functions, and
b
in doing anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any of its functions.