Article 4 Fees: hearings

(1)

Subject to article 5 and paragraph (2), the following fees shall be payable for a hearing, other than a hearing of a representative application and any application heard with a representative application—

(a)

for a hearing of one application—

(i)

which relates to only one of the provisions specified in article 2(1) the fee shall be that specified in paragraphs 1 to 3 of the Schedule in respect of the particular application, and

(ii)

which relates to two or more of the provisions specified in article 2(2) the fee shall be that specified for a hearing to determine the reasonableness of a service charge in paragraph 1 of the Schedule, and

(b)

for a hearing where more than one application are heard together the fee shall be that specified in paragraph 4 of the Schedule.

(2)

Subject to article 5, the following fees shall be payable for a hearing of a representative application and any application heard with the representative application—

(a)

for a representative application the fee shall be that specified in paragraph 5(1) of the Schedule, and

(b)

for an application heard with a representative application the fee shall be that specified in paragraph 5(2) of the Schedule.

(3)

Subject to article 5, in any case where only part of an application is or will be determined at, or in accordance with, a hearing of a representative application and part is to be determined at a separate hearing, the fee for that part which is heard separately shall be the fee specified in paragraph 5(3) of the Schedule.

(4)

In any case where two or more applications are heard together, including applications heard with a representative application, an applicant shall not be required to pay an amount in excess of the hearing fee which he would have been liable to pay if the matter was heard separately.