Paragraph 18 I1I2

In section 303 (fees for planning applications, etc), after subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B)

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the payment of a fee or charge to the Welsh Ministers in respect of—

(a)

the performance by the Welsh Ministers of any function they have in respect of an application under F1... section 62M (option to make application directly to Welsh Ministers) or section 62O (connected applications);

(b)

anything done by the Welsh Ministers which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any such function.

(1C)

References in subsection (1B) to functions that the Welsh Ministers have in respect of an application include references—

F2(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

to any functions that the Welsh Ministers have, by virtue of provision under section 61Z1, in respect of an application proposed to be made to the Welsh Ministers under section ... 62M or 62O.”