(1)The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make regulations prescribing fees to be paid in connection with applications to him for travel documents.
(2)If a fee is prescribed in connection with an application of a particular kind, no such application is to be entertained by the Secretary of State unless the fee has been paid in accordance with the regulations.
(3)In respect of any period before the coming into force of this section, the Secretary of State is to be deemed always to have had power to impose charges in connection with—
(a)applications to him for travel documents; or
(b)the issue by him of travel documents.
(4)“Travel document” does not include a passport.