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102.—(1) The FCA and the Commissioners may impose charges on—
(a)applicants for approval under Chapter 3 of Part 2;
(b)applicants for registration under Chapter 2 of Part 6;
(c)relevant persons supervised by them;
(d)payment service providers supervised by them;
(e)professional bodies listed in Schedule 1, for which they undertake enforcement action in relation to relevant persons supervised by those professional bodies.
(2) Charges levied under paragraph (1) must not exceed such amount as the FCA or the Commissioners (as the case may be) consider will enable them to meet any expenses reasonably incurred by them in carrying out their functions under these Regulations or for any incidental purpose (including any expenses reasonably incurred by them in undertaking enforcement action on behalf of a self-regulatory organisation).
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), a charge may be levied in respect of each of the premises at which the relevant person, the provider or a person connected with the relevant person or the provider carries on (or proposes to carry on) business or professional activities.
(4) The FCA must in respect of each of its financial years pay to the Treasury any amounts received by the FCA during the year by way of penalties imposed under Part 9.
(5) The Treasury may give directions to the FCA as to how the FCA is to comply with the duty under paragraph (4).
(6) The directions may in particular—
(a)specify the time when any payment is required to be made to the Treasury; and
(b)require the FCA to provide the Treasury at specified times with information relating to penalties that the FCA has imposed under Part 9.
(7) The Treasury must pay into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by them under this regulation.
(8) In paragraph (2), “expenses” includes expenses incurred by a local weights and measures authority or the Department for the Economy pursuant to arrangements made for the purposes of these Regulations with the FCA or with the Commissioners—
(a)by or on behalf of the authority; or
(b)by the Department for the Economy.
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