Regulation 7

In regulation 18 (authorisation schemes: general requirements), for paragraph (4), substitute—

“(4)

Any charges provided for by a competent authority which applicants may incur under an authorisation scheme must—

(a)

be reasonable and proportionate to the costs incurred by the competent authority in carrying out the relevant procedures and formalities under the scheme,

(b)

not exceed the cost of those procedures and formalities, and

(c)

in so far as they are charges for determining an application for authorisation, relate only to the costs incurred in carrying out the procedures and formalities necessary for determining that application.”.