The Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015

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13A.—(1) The Secretary of State may charge fees in relation to the Secretary of State’s functions as competent authority in respect of—

(a)providing advice in accordance with the competent authority’s functions as a consultee under regulations 3(1)(b) and 5(3); and

(b)monitoring compliance with an offshore licensee’s obligations—

(i)under regulation 9(a), in relation to its liabilities under regulation 10; and

(ii)under regulation 9(c) and (d), including notifying the licensing authority of any determination, and the reasons for it, under regulation 7.

(2) A fee charged under paragraph (1) is where—

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

B is [F2£201];

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

D is [F3£104].

(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) 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 specialist officers.]

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