Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Fees for data matching

6 (1) A relevant minister must prescribe a scale or scales of fees in respect of data matching exercises.

(2) A person within paragraph 2(2) who is required under that paragraph to provide data for a data matching exercise must pay to the relevant minister by whom or on whose behalf the exercise is conducted the fee applicable to that exercise in accordance with the appropriate scale.

(3) But if it appears to the relevant minister that the work involved in the exercise was substantially more or less than that envisaged by the appropriate scale, the minister may charge the person a fee which is larger or smaller than that referred to in sub-paragraph (2).

(4) Before prescribing a scale of fees under this paragraph, a relevant minister must consult—

(a) the persons within paragraph 2(2),

(b) such representatives of persons within paragraph 2(2) as the minister thinks appropriate, and

(c) such other bodies or persons as the minister thinks appropriate.

(5) In addition to the power under sub-paragraph (2), a relevant minister may charge a fee to any body or person providing data for or receiving the results of a data matching exercise.

(6) A fee under sub-paragraph (5) is payable in accordance with terms agreed between the relevant minister and that body or person.