Part IX Miscellaneous and General
Charges by certain authorities
150 Power to allow charges.
1
The Secretary of State may make regulations providing that a charge may be imposed in respect of anything—
a
which is done by any relevant authority or by any relevant authority of a prescribed description,
b
which is prescribed or falls within a prescribed description,
c
in respect of which there is no power or duty to impose a charge apart from the regulations, and
d
which is not done in the course of exercising an excepted function.
2
The regulations may include such provision as the Secretary of State sees fit as regards charges for which the regulations provide; and nothing in subsections (3) to (5) below or section 190(1) below is to prejudice this.
3
The regulations—
a
may be made as regards services rendered, documents issued, or any other thing done by an authority (whether in pursuance of a power or a duty);
b
may provide that the amount of a charge (if imposed) is to be at the authority’s discretion or to be at its discretion subject to a maximum.
4
Where the regulations provide that a charge may not exceed a maximum amount they may—
a
provide for one amount, or a scale of amounts to cover different prescribed cases;
b
prescribe, as regards any amount, a sum or a method of calculating the amount.
5
The regulations may include such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
6
No regulations may be made under this section unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.