9.—(1) The Department shall provide the form referred to in regulation 7(4)(c) free of charge to any person requesting one.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the fee which is to be charged by the Department on an application for producer registration shall be—
(a)where the producer is a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method, £564;or
(b)in all other cases, £950.
(3) In the case of an application where the fee in paragraph (2) above is to be treated as a fee for group registration by virtue of paragraph 5(b)(iii) of Schedule 9, in respect of each subsidiary included within that application that is not a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method, the Department shall charge an additional fee of—
(a)£180 for each of the first 4 subsidiaries
(b)£90 for each of the 5th to the 20th subsidiaries inclusive; and
(c)£45 for each of the 21st and subsequent subsidiaries.
(4) On each resubmission of an application which is required by reason of the producer having failed to meet the requirements of regulation 7(4) or (9) on his previous submission, the Department shall charge an additional fee of £220.