Regulation 12A Fees in relation to the provision of relevant servicesF1F2

The public authorities listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed for the purposes of section 54A(1) (power to provide for fees for certain services in relation to nationally significant infrastructure projects).

Subject to paragraph (4), each public authority listed in Schedule 2 may charge fees to the applicant in relation to the provision of those relevant services.

Fees may take account of the expenses of anything which is reasonably incidental to the provision of the relevant services by the public authority.

The public authority may charge fees under paragraph (2) only in accordance with a statement published on its website which—

The public authority may notify the applicant in writing of the estimated fees before providing the relevant services.

The public authority must notify the applicant in writing of the fees.

The applicant must pay the fees to the public authority within such period as may be specified in the notice in paragraph (6), provided such period is not less than 21 days beginning with the date of that notice.

If the applicant fails to pay the fees within the period specified in paragraph (7), the public authority may—

The fees referred to in paragraph (2) must not exceed the costs reasonably incurred by the public authority in providing the relevant services.

This regulation is without prejudice to any power to charge fees under section 43(1) of the Environment Act 1995, section 27 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and section 33(6) of the National Heritage Act 1983.

For the purposes of this Part “the estimated fees” means the amount of fees estimated by the public authority as payable by the applicant for relevant services in respect of the application.