# The Hovercraft (Fees) Regulations 1989, Paragraph 5: Safety Certificates (Issue)


(1) Where an application is made for the issue of a Safety Certificate, in pursuance of Article 11 of the Order, in respect of a hovercraft which has been used solely in accordance with the conditions of an Experimental Certificate issued by the CAA, the fee to be paid in respect thereof (including any investigations undertaken by the CAA in connection with the application) shall be, for each month or part thereof for which the Safety Certificate is to be in force, on the following scale –
Maximum weight of the Hovercraft
Fee per tonne or part thereof
For the first 10 tonnes…
£6.75
For the next 10 tonnes…
£5.15
For the next 10 tonnes…
£3.40
For the next 10 tonnes…
£1.70
For any excess over 40 tonnes…
£1.30
plus in each case an amount equal to the fee for an additional 3 months.
(2) Where an application is made for the issue of a Safety Certificate, in pursuance of Article 11 of the Order, in respect of a hovercraft which has not been used solely in accordance with the conditions of an Experimental Certificate issued by the CAA, the fee to be paid in respect thereof shall be in accordance with the scale of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph together with a fee equal to the cost of any additional investigations deemed necessary in the circumstances by the CAA:
Provided that the total fee shall not exceed £19,600 or 38p per kg. of the maximum weight of the hovercraft, whichever is the greater amount, for the first period of 12 months or part thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1613/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-fees-regulations-1989/schedule/paragraph-5
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