The Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) Regulations 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 2027

TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES

The Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) Regulations 1990

Made

13th October 1990

Laid before Parliament

22nd October 1990

Coming into force

12th November 1990

The Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, each being a Minister authorised under or by virtue of statutory provisions mentioned in section 42(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986(1) to recover costs incurred by him in relation to an inquiry, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 42(4) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 12th November 1990.

Application

2.  These Regulations apply to inquiries in relation to which the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (as the case may be) is entitled to recover his costs under or by virtue of any of the following provisions, namely–

(a) section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972,(2) (general provisions as to costs of inquiries),

(b) section 96(5) of the Land Drainage Act 1976,(3) (costs of inquiry under that Act),

(c) section 129(1)(d) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(4) (costs of inquiry under that Act), and

(d) paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 22 to the Housing Act 1985,(5) (costs of inquiry in connection with acquisition of land for clearance),

other than inquiries opened before 12th November 1990.

Standard Daily Amount

3.  The standard daily amount prescribed under section 42(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 for inquiries to which these Regulations apply is £265.

Chris Patten

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

11th October 1990

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

13th October 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to England and Wales, apply where a Minister is authorised under or by virtue of specified provisions to recover his costs in connection with the holding of an inquiry.

The Regulations specify a standard amount of £265 which may be charged for each day on which the inquiry sits or the person appointed to hold the inquiry is otherwise engaged on work connected with it.

(1)

1986 c. 63.

(2)

1972 c. 70.

(3)

1976 c. 70.

(4)

1984 c. 27.

(5)

1985 c. 68.