# The Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) (England) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/2307 · made 24 August 2000

These Regulations, which apply to England only, apply where a Minister is authorised under or by virtue of specified provisions to recover his costs in connection with the holding of an inquiry.

Made under: Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Section 42)

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## Introductory text

TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES, ENGLAND
Made 24th August 2000
Laid before Parliament 5th September 2000
Coming into force 1st October 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, each being a Minister authorised under or by virtue of statutory provisions mentioned in section 42(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 to recover costs incurred by him in relation to an inquiry or by statutory provisions to which section 42 is applied, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 42(4) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.

## 2 Application

These Regulations apply to inquiries in relation to which the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (as the case may be) is entitled to recover his costs under or by virtue of any of the following provisions, namely—
(a) section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (general provisions as to costs of inquiries),
(b) section 129(1)(d) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (costs of inquiry under that Act), and
(c) section 69(5) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (costs of inquiry under that Act),
other than inquiries opened before 1st October 2000.

## 3 Standard daily amount

The standard daily amount prescribed under section 42(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 for inquiries to which these Regulations apply is—
(a) in relation to inquiries opened before 1st October 2001, £561; and
(b) in relation to inquiries opened on or after 1st October 2001, £630.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th August 2000
Signed by authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
E. A. Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
24th August 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to England only, apply where a Minister is authorised under or by virtue of specified provisions to recover his costs in connection with the holding of an inquiry.
These Regulations specify a standard amount which may be charged for each day on which the inquiry sits or the person appointed to hold it is otherwise engaged on work connected with it. The amount is £561 per day in relation to inquiries opening after 1st October 2000 but before 1st October 2001, and £630 in relation to inquiries opened on or after 1st October 2001. This is an increase of approximately 14% of the previous standard daily amount in relation to inquiries opened before 1st October 2001, with a further increase of approximately 12% in relation to inquiries opened on or after that date.

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