Article 22Amendment of fees and charges

1

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend this Regulation so as to alter the fees and charges provided for in it if the Secretary of State considers that the alterations are appropriate having regard to—

a

the change in the relevant prices index, and

b

the costs of the Agency (taking one year with another).

2

Regulations under this Article are to be made by statutory instrument.

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Article is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

The Secretary of State must consult the other appropriate authorities before making regulations under this Article.

3

In this Article—

a

“appropriate authority” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

b

“relevant prices index” means—

i

the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board, or

ii

if that index ceases to be available, such other similar general index of prices which the Secretary of State considers appropriate to use for the purposes of this Article.