Termination of request on non-payment of fee
6.—(1) Where—
(a)the prescribed fee is not paid to the authority within a period of 6 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the request; and
(b)the undertaker has not, within that period, notified the authority that it disputes the amount of the fee payable pursuant to these Regulations or that it claims an exception set out in Schedule 1 is applicable,
the authority may treat the request as terminated.
(2) Where the authority decides to treat a request as terminated pursuant to paragraph (1), it must, before the expiry of the appropriate period for the purposes of paragraph 23(3) of the Schedule, give notice of its decision to the undertaker.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation and regulation 7—
(a)a fee or the balance of a fee is paid when a cheque is tendered to the authority in payment of it, except where the cheque is dishonoured; and
(b)where a cheque is dishonoured, the fee or balance of the fee is paid when the authority is satisfied that it has received the full amount of the fee or balance.