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Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 1ZA, 1ZB substituted for Sch. 1 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 19.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(b)(c)(2), Sch. Pts. 2, 3, 4; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
31(1)The PRA may make rules providing for the payment to it of such fees, in connection with the discharge of any of its qualifying functions, as it considers will (taking account of its expected income from fees and charges provided for by any other provision of this Act) enable it—U.K.
(a)to meet expenses incurred in carrying out its functions or for any incidental purpose,
(b)to repay the principal of, and pay any interest on, any relevant borrowing and to meet relevant commencement expenses, and
(c)to maintain adequate reserves.
(2)The “qualifying functions” of the PRA are—
(a)its functions under or as a result of this Act or any of the other Acts mentioned in section 2A(6), and
(b)its functions under or as a result of a qualifying EU provision that is specified, or of a description specified, for the purposes of this sub-paragraph by the Treasury by order.
(3)In sub-paragraph (1)(b)—
“relevant borrowing” means any money borrowed by the PRA which has been used for the purpose of meeting expenses incurred in relation to its assumption of functions under this Act, and
“relevant commencement expenses” means expenses incurred by the PRA, the FCA or the Bank—
in preparation for the exercise of functions by the PRA under this Act, or
for the purpose of facilitating the exercise by the PRA of those functions or otherwise in connection with their exercise by it.
(4)Neither section 2A(6)(d) nor the definition of “functions” in paragraph 1 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2).
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) it is irrelevant when the borrowing of the money, the incurring of the expenses or the assumption of functions took place (and, in particular, it is irrelevant if expenses were incurred by the FCA at a time when it was known as the Financial Services Authority).
(6)In fixing the amount of any fee which is to be payable to the PRA, no account is to be taken of any sums which the PRA receives, or expects to receive, by way of penalties imposed by it under this Act.
(7)Any fee which is owed to the PRA under any provision made by or under this Act may be recovered as a debt due to the PRA.]