Regulation 5 Fees

(1)

If the Welsh Ministers grant approval of a course a fee (a “course completion fee”) calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) is payable by the course provider to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph (3) and if not paid is immediately recoverable as a civil debt.

(2)

The course completion fee is an amount equal to £7 per relevant offender.

(3)

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

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

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

(b)

“relevant offender” (“troseddwr perthnasol”) means, in relation to an approved course, a person who has completed that course during the relevant period; and

(c)

“relevant period” (“cyfnod perthnasol”) means the period of three months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December which falls immediately before the relevant day.