PART 2LICENSING OF MOBILE HOME SITES ETC.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

I136Powers to charge fees: supplementary

1

This section applies where a local authority proposes to charge a fee under section 6 or 13.

2

Before charging the fee, the local authority must prepare and publish a fees policy.

3

When fixing a fee for the purposes of section 6 or 13 the local authority—

a

must act in accordance with its fees policy,

b

may fix different fees for different cases or descriptions of case, and

c

may determine that no fee is required to be paid in certain cases or descriptions of case.

4

When fixing a fee for any of those purposes, the local authority may not take into account any costs incurred by it in exercising—

a

its functions under any of sections 15 to 25, or

b

any function under any provision of this Act in relation to a site which is not a regulated site.

5

The local authority may revise its fees policy and, where it does so, must publish the policy as revised.