Regulation 4 Amount of charge
Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of a charge is to be at thelocal housing authority’s discretion, and in determining that amount theauthority may have regard to, and include an element for, their costs ofestablishing the registration scheme and maintaining the registerconcerned, insofar as such costs are incurred on or after the day theseRegulations come into force.
The amount of a charge is subject to a maximum amountof—
in the case of a notification, £40, and
in the case of an application, £30 multiplied by thenumber of rooms in the house available as sleeping accommodation;
and, for the purpose of sub-paragraph (b), a room is available assleeping accommodation if it is of a type normally used in the localityeither as a living room or a bedroom.