{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Provision of Services Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Authorisation schemes: general requirements",
  "text": "(1) Authorisation procedures and formalities provided for by a competent authority under an authorisation scheme must—\n(a) be clear,\n(b) be made public in advance, and\n(c) secure that applications for authorisation are dealt with objectively and impartially.\n(2) Authorisation procedures and formalities provided for by a competent authority under an authorisation scheme must not—\n(a) be dissuasive, or\n(b) unduly complicate or delay the provision of the service.\n(3) Authorisation procedures and formalities provided for by a competent authority under an authorisation scheme must be easily accessible.\n(4) Any charges provided for by a competent authority which applicants may incur under an authorisation scheme must—\n(a) be reasonable and proportionate to the costs incurred by the competent authority in carrying out the relevant procedures and formalities under the scheme,\n(b) not exceed the cost of those procedures and formalities, and\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 18(4) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Provision of Services (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/435), regs. 1(2), 7 (with reg. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2999/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:01:49.899965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}