# The Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Approval) (Test Fees) Order 1991, Article 5: Test fees


(1) The test fee shall be the sum of—
(a) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) below;and
(b) an amount equal to the value added tax chargeable on the supply ofthat testing.
(2) The amount to be included in the test fee for the purposes ofparagraph (1)(a) above shall be £12.50 per 15 minutes taken inconducting the test, subject to—
(a) a minimum of £180; and
(b) a maximum of £8,000.
(3) For the purposes of this article, the value of the supply of testingby reference to which value added tax is chargeable shall be the amountcalculated in accordance with paragraph (2) above.
(4) The Secretary of State shall, on receipt of an application forapproval in the course of the determination of which he is to conductthe testing of apparatus, estimate in complete periods of 15 minutes thetime to be taken in conducting the test and thereby estimate the amountof the test fee, and shall serve an invoice on the applicant for theamount so estimated, which shall thereupon be due and payable by theapplicant to the Secretary of State.
(5) If the estimate of the test fee made pursuant to paragraph (4) abovefalls short of the test fee calculated in accordance with paragraph (1),the Secretary of State shall, on completion of the test, serve a finalinvoice on the applicant for the remainder of the test fee, which shallthereupon, and before disclosure of the test report and notification ofthe result of the application for approval, be due and payable to theSecretary of State.
(6) If the estimate of the test fee made pursuant to paragraph (4) aboveexceeds the test fee calculated in accordance with paragraph (1), theSecretary of State shall, on completion of the test, repay the balanceto the applicant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/874/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-apparatus-approval-test-fees-order-1991/article-5
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