SCHEDULE 5Fees
Fee1
The local authority may charge a fee, payable on invoice, for the activities in the following table, and the fee is the reasonable cost of providing the service subject to the following maximum amounts.
Service | Maximum fee (£) |
|---|---|
Risk assessment (each assessment): | 500 |
Sampling (each visit) 1: | 100 |
Investigation (each investigation): | 100 |
Granting an authorisation (each authorisation): | 100 |
Analysing a sample— | |
taken under regulation 10: | 25 |
taken during check monitoring: | 100 |
taken during audit monitoring: | 500 |
1 No fee is payable where a sample is taken and analysed solely to confirm or clarify the results of the analysis of a previous sample. | |
Persons liable to pay2
1
Any person requesting anything under these Regulations is liable for the cost.
2
Otherwise fees are payable, as specified in the invoice, by the relevant person as defined in section 80(7) of the Water Industry Act 1991.
3
Where more than one person is liable, in determining who is required to make payment the local authority—
a
may apportion the charge between them; and
b
must have regard to any agreement or other document produced to the local authority relating to the terms on which water is supplied.