The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

Nuclear Industries Security (Fees) Regulations 2005

29.—(1) Any relevant fees which are not transitional fees are payable to the Secretary of State despite the amendments made to the Nuclear Industries Security (Fees) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) by Schedule 3 to this Order.

(2) Any relevant fees which are transitional fees—

(a) are payable to the ONR; and

(b) are payable within 30 days from the date of the invoice sent or given by the ONR to the person who is required to pay those fees.

(3) Any transitional fees may be apportioned by the ONR between different persons for a function performed by the Secretary of State or an inspector (as the case may be) where such function is reasonably attributable to those different persons.

(4) The invoice sent or given by the ONR under sub-paragraph (2)(b) must include a statement of the functions performed by the Secretary of State during the final quarter of the financial year ending on 31st March 2014 for which fees were payable and the costs incurred in that quarter in performing those functions.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “relevant fees” means the fees payable to the Secretary of State under the 2005 Regulations immediately before 1st April 2014 in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 of those Regulations;

(b) relevant fees are transitional fees if they relate to costs incurred by the Secretary of State in the final quarter of the financial year ending on 31st March 2014 in performing the functions for which the fees are payable.