{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-water-supply-and-water-quality-fees-order-2012/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-water-supply-and-water-quality-fees-order-2012/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111529911",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Bodies (Water Supply and Water Quality Fees) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-water-supply-and-water-quality-fees-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Fees",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Inspector may charge a relevant water supplier a fee, payable on invoice, for the exercise of those functions that are specified in column 1 of the table and exercisable by an inspector by virtue of an appointment under section 86(1) of the 1991 Act.\n(2) The Chief Inspector must determine the fee in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table.\n(3) The rates to be applied to the determination of the fee referred to in column 2 of the table must be fixed by the Chief Inspector and—\n(a) be approved by the Secretary of State;\n(b) be published by the Secretary of State (which may include publication on a website), and\n(c) be reviewed by the Secretary of State on or before 30 June in each calendar year following the calendar year in which the fee was last approved by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (a).\n(4) Any fees received under this Order must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111529911/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:11.765829+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."
}