Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

76 Fees

(1) A local authority that has issued a special procedure licence may charge the licence holder a fee, either periodically or otherwise, for so long as the licence continues to have effect.

(2) A local authority that has approved premises or a vehicle under section 70 may charge the person on whose application the approval was granted a fee, either periodically or otherwise, for so long as the approval continues to have effect.

(3) The amount of a fee charged by a local authority under this section is to be determined by the authority, having regard to the costs incurred or expected to be incurred by the authority in connection with this Part.

(4) Regulations may make provision about the way in which (subject to subsection (3)) a local authority is to determine the amount of the fee.

(5) Regulations may make other provision in respect of fees charged under this section, including (among other things) in connection with—

(a) the way in which a fee is to be paid;

(b) repayment of a fee (or a proportion of it) in cases of overpayment;

(c) recovery of a fee due to an authority and unpaid.