{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-licence-charges-england-order-2025/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-licence-charges-england-order-2025/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/236",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife Licence Charges (England) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-licence-charges-england-order-2025",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Licence charges",
  "text": "(1) Where Natural England issues a licence of a description in column 1 of the Schedule in relation to an application of a kind described (where appropriate) in column 2 of the Schedule, the applicant must pay to Natural England—\n(a) any corresponding fixed charge specified in column 3 of the Schedule;\n(b) any corresponding variable charge specified in column 4 of the Schedule;\n(c) where applicable, both of the charges referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and\n(d) an additional charge, where paragraph (2) applies.\n(2) This paragraph applies in respect of any licence for which a fixed charge alone is payable under paragraph (1)(a), where Natural England—\n(a) requires further information from an applicant prior to issuing a licence; or\n(b) issues a licence following review of an application it has rejected.\n(3) A variable charge referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is calculated by multiplying the total number of hours spent by Natural England in assessing the licence application by £121.\n(4) An additional charge referred to in paragraph (1)(d) is calculated by multiplying the additional hours spent by Natural England in connection with paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b) by £121.\n(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4), the number of hours spent may be rounded to the nearest quarter of an hour, and expressed as a fraction accordingly, where the time spent is—\n(a) less than one hour; or\n(b) not a whole number of hours.\n(6) A charge payable under this Order is payable to Natural England on demand.\n(7) The charges payable may be recoverable, as a civil debt, if not paid by the date on which they are due.\n(8) A civil debt recoverable under paragraph (7) may be recovered summarily in England by way of a complaint pursuant to section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/236/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:45.754573+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."
}