# The Gas Cylinders (Pattern Approval) Regulations 1987, Regulation 5: Fees


(1) The provisional fee payable under Regulation 4 shall be equal to the amount which the Executive estimates it will incur in, or in connection with, carrying out or causing to be carried out the functions referred to in that Regulation in respect of the application concerned.
(2) Where the costs incurred by the Executive are greater than the provisional fee, the difference between those costs and that fee shall be payable by the manufacturer to the Executive, and where those costs are less than the provisional fee, the difference between those costs and that fee shall be repayable by the Executive to the manufacturer.
(3) For the purposes of estimating the provisional fee and ascertaining the costs incurred by it the Executive may determine the cost of employing an officer for any period on work appropriate to his grade by reference to the average cost to it of employing officers of his grade for that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/116/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-cylinders-pattern-approval-regulations-1987/regulation-5
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