# The Zoos Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 15: Fees and other charges

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Department shall charge an applicant in respect of its consideration of his application for the grant, renewal, transfer or surrender of a licence, a fee of £100 and the applicant shall pay the charge when he makes his application.
(2) The Department may charge the operator of a zoo such sums as it may determine on account of reasonable expenses incurred by it in connection with –
(a) inspections under regulations 8(3), 12 to 14 and 16(6);
(b) the exercise of its powers to make directions under these Regulations;
(c) the exercise of its function under regulation 21(3) of supervising the implementation of plans prepared under regulation 21(1); and
(d) the exercise of its function under regulation 21(6) or (7).
(3) Any charge payable under paragraph (2) by any person shall be recoverable by the Department as a debt due from him to it.
(4) The Department shall, so far as is practicable, secure that the amount of all the fees and other sums charged by it under this regulation in a year is sufficient to cover the amount of expenditure incurred by the Department in the year by virtue of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/115/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/zoos-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-15
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