Fees6

1

The Secretary of State may, in accordance with a charging scheme made by her for this purpose, charge operators fees in respect of any of the matters to which this paragraph applies.

2

The matters to which paragraph (1) applies are—

a

the grant of a permit;

b

the variation of a permit or of the conditions to which it is subject;

c

the revocation, surrender or assignment of a permit;

d

the subsistence of a permit;

e

the testing or analysis of substances;

f

the validity of, or of the results of, any testing or analysis of substances; and

g

the assessment of the effect upon the environment of the operation of any qualifying offshore combustion installation,

but paragraph (1) only applies to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (e) to (g) in cases where the testing, analysis, validating or assessment is in any way in anticipation of, or otherwise in connection with, the making of permit applications or is carried out in pursuance of conditions to which any permit is subject.

3

A charging scheme made under this regulation shall be so framed that the fees and charges payable under the scheme are sufficient, taking one year with another, to cover such expenditure as may be incurred by or on behalf of the Secretary of State in connection with any of the matters to which paragraph (1) applies.