These Regulations prescribe the maximum fees which may be imposed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland in respect of applications for registration or for cancellation of registration of an Independent Health Care Service, the annual continuation of any such registration, and applications for the variation or removal of a condition of registration under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (regulation 2 and the Schedule).

Regulation 3 prescribes the maximum fee for issuing a new certificate of registration.