F1FeesC120A

1

The Secretary of State may charge fees in respect of—

a

granting, rejecting, modifying, transferring, surrendering or revoking consent under regulation 4(1);

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providing advice with respect to—

i

whether consent is required under regulation 4(1),

ii

the preparation of an application for such consent, or

iii

a proposal to modify, transfer, surrender or revoke such consent;

ab

monitoring compliance with a consent under regulation 4(1);

b

making an appropriate assessment under regulation 5(1) where that assessment is made only to support a decision on a specific application for a F3Petroleum Act licence, consent, authorisation or approval;

c

consulting appropriate nature conservation bodies on any matter under these Regulations;

d

giving a certification under regulation 6(1)(b);

e

determining compensatory measures under regulation 6(3) and securing that such measures are taken;

f

giving, modifying or revoking a direction under regulation 7; and

g

reviewing the appropriateness of a direction under regulation 8.

2

A fee charged under paragraph (1) is (A×B)+(C×D) where—

  • A is the number of hours work carried out by specialist officers;

  • B is F4£183;

  • C is the number of hours work carried out by non-specialist officers; and

  • D is F5£98 .

3

For the purposes of paragraph (2), the number of hours work may be expressed as a fraction where—

a

less than one hour’s work has been carried out; or

b

the total amount of time worked is more than one hour but cannot be expressed as a whole number in hours.

4

Any fee must be paid on demand.

5

In this regulation, “specialist officers” means persons engaged on behalf of the Secretary of State to carry out the functions of the Secretary of State referred to in paragraph (1) and “non-specialist officers” means any other persons engaged on behalf of the Secretary of State to provide administrative support to those specialist officers.