Schedule CALCULATION OF TEST FEES FOR PRIVATE USER FIXED LINKS

The amount to be included in the test fee for the purposes of article 5(2)(a) shall be the sum of the following:–

(a)

an amount per hour per test officer for time spent in conducting the test, and for travelling time (if any), calculated in accordance with the following table:–

Grade of test officer	Amount per hour
Grade 7 or above	£40.43
Senior Professional & Technology Officer (SPTO)	£34.01
Higher Professional & Technology Officer (HPTO) or Higher Telecommunictions Technical Officer (HTTO)	£29.46
Telecommunications Technical Officer (TTO)	£26.55

;

(b)

any travelling costs reasonably incurred, in accordance with the following table:–

Method of transport	Basis of charge
Rail	Per test officer:
	Senior Professional & Technology Officer (SPTO) and above—first class
	Other grades—standard class
	Where a round trip is undertaken, the ordinary return fare at the appropriate class shall be charged
Bus or underground	Per test officer:
	the fare actually paid
Taxi	Per taxi:
	the fare actually paid
Private or government vehicle	Per vehicle:
	34.4p per complete mile

;

and

(c)

where a test involves a visit of 5 hours or more, each test officer’s subsistence costs, calculated in accordance with the following table:–

		Amount per period
For each period of time referred to in article 2(3)	Grade	Inner London	Elsewhere
Each 24 hour period and each overnight period	Grade 7 and above	£62.70	£54.70
Each 24 hour period and each overnight period	Other grades	£53.45	£40.30
Per day period	All grades	£7.10	£7.10
Per half day period	All grades	£3.25	£3.25