Regulation 6 Power of the Secretary of State to vary fee levels
The Secretary of State may give a direction to—
schools of any class or description, or
any individual school,
specifying a maximum level of fees applying to assisted pupils at any such school which is different from that which would otherwise apply by virtue of regulation 4 or 5.
A direction under this regulation may specify different maximum levels of fees in relation to different age groups of assisted pupils.
Before giving a direction under paragraph (1)(a), the Secretary of State shall consult such bodies as appear to him to be appropriate and representative of the schools to which it is intended the direction should apply.
Before giving a direction to an individual school under paragraph (1)(b), the Secretary of State shall consult that school.
Where the Secretary of State has given a direction to a school under this regulation, the fees charged by the school for an assisted pupil in any school year shall not, for so long as that direction remain in force, exceed the figure specified in the direction as the maximum level of fees applying to that pupil or, as the case may be, pupils in the age group in which he falls.