Explanatory note

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.