{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348284379",
  "legislation_title": "The Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Surcharges: procedure",
  "text": "(1) Where Natural England imposes a surcharge under this Chapter, it must give a notice to every person on whom the surcharge is imposed.\n(2) A notice under paragraph (1) must include—\n(a) the date of the notice;\n(b) the amount of the surcharge;\n(c) the relevant amount in respect of which the surcharge is imposed;\n(d) if the surcharge is imposed under regulation 36 (late payment)—\n(i) when the due date was for that relevant amount;\n(ii) the possible consequences if the relevant amount remains unpaid, including any possibility that further surcharges may be imposed;\n(e) if the surcharge is imposed under regulation 37 (failure to notify material change), a description of the material change in the details of the relevant development;\n(f) the person’s right to appeal against the surcharge, including how the person may do so and applicable time limits.\n(3) Where a surcharge is imposed on more than one person, each is jointly and severally liable to pay the surcharge.\n(4) A person’s liability to pay a relevant amount cannot be discharged until all surcharges which have been imposed on the person in respect of the relevant amount are paid in full.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348284379/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:12.733251+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}