Regulation 5 FeesI1I2

Except where paragraph (2) applies, the fee payable on an application for approval of a course is £1000.

Where an approved course is subject to a condition relating to the area in respect of which that course is to be provided and an application is made for the approval of that course in respect of its provision in another or a different area, the fee payable upon that application is not to exceed the sum of the costs reasonably incurred in carrying out the work to assess the application or £1000, whichever is the lower.

If the Secretary of State grants approval of a course a fee (a “continuing approval fee”) calculated in accordance with paragraph (4) is payable by the course provider to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (5) and if not paid is immediately recoverable as a civil debt.

The continuing approval fee is an amount equal to £7 multiplied by the number of relevant offenders.

The continuing approval fee is payable on the relevant day whilst a course is approved and, where a course ceases to be approved, is payable on the fourteenth day after approval ceases.

For the purposes of this regulation—

• “relevant day” means the day which falls upon each of the dates of 14th January, 14th April, 14th July and 14th October in any particular year;

• F1“relevant offender” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an approved course, a person who has completed that course during the relevant period; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to a course which ceased during a relevant period to be approved, a person who has completed that course during the period commencing with the start of the relevant period and ending on the date on which approval ceased; and

• “relevant period” means the period of three months ending on 31st March, 30th June, 30th September or 31st December which falls immediately before the relevant day.