Fees3
1
A relevant authority may charge a fee to a person—
a
to be entered on the register for a base period or part of a base period; and
b
thereafter, on an annual basis, to remain on that register irrespective of whether any fee was charged to be entered on the register.
2
A relevant authority must determine when a fee is to be payable, and must refund any fee paid by a person whose application to be entered on or to remain on the register is unsuccessful.
3
The amounts of fees charged by a relevant authority under paragraph (1) are to be determined and must be published by that authority.
4
Different fees may be charged to different categories of applicant under paragraph (1).
5
In determining the amounts of fees, a relevant authority must secure that, taking one financial year with another—
a
the income from fees payable by persons to whom the duty in section 2A does not apply as a consequence of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 20165 does not exceed its reasonable costs incurred in connection with its functions under section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Act; and
b
the income from fees payable by other persons does not exceed its reasonable costs incurred in connection with its functions under sections 1 and 2A of, and the Schedule to, the Act.
6
A relevant authority may not charge a fee to remain on the register to any person in relation to whom the duty in section 2A of the Act does not apply either as a consequence of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016 or as a consequence of a direction issued under section 2B(1) of the Act6.