Regulation 4 Level of chargesI1
Scotland
An approved local authority must not impose a charge in accordance with these Regulations unless—
it has first set the rate of charge that is to apply within its area;
the Scottish Ministers have approved those rates; and
it has published in at least one local newspaper circulating in its area a notice specifying—
the circumstances in which a charge may be imposed;
the rate of the charge; and
the date, being a day which falls after the end of the period of 15 days beginning with the day on which the notice is published, on which the authority will start to impose charges at that level,
and no charge is to be imposed before the date so specified.
Each approved local authority is to make available, at all reasonable times, free of charge and in a form which is readily accessible to any member of the public, information about the level of the charge for the time being in force in its area.
In the circumstances described in regulation 8(5)(f), an authority must accept a sum equivalent to one half of the rate of charge approved by the Scottish Ministers, in full payment of a charge.
In the circumstances described in regulation 8(5)(k), an authority may increase a charge to a sum equivalent to one and a half times the rate of charge approved by the Scottish Ministers.