The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018

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13.—(1) A local authority may charge such fees as it considers necessary for—

(a)the consideration of an application for the grant, renewal or variation of a licence including any inspection relating to that consideration, and for the grant, renewal or variation,

(b)the reasonable anticipated costs of consideration of a licence holder's compliance with these Regulations and the licence conditions to which the licence holder is subject in circumstances other than those described in sub-paragraph (a) including any inspection relating to that consideration,

(c)the reasonable anticipated costs of enforcement in relation to any licensable activity of an unlicensed operator, and

(d)the reasonable anticipated costs of compliance with regulation 29.

(2) The fee charged for the consideration of an application for the grant, renewal or variation of a licence and for any inspection relating to that consideration must not exceed the reasonable costs of that consideration and related inspection.