SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Powers in connection with fees and charges

Part 1Charging in connection with certain new functions

Power to provide for fees or charges

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1

An appropriate authority may by regulations make provision for, or in connection with, the charging of fees or other charges in connection with the exercise of a function (“the relevant function”) which a public authority has by virtue of provision made under—

a

section 8 or Part 1 of Schedule 2 (powers to deal with deficiencies arising from withdrawal), F2. . .

F1aa

section 8B or Part 1B of Schedule 2 (powers in connection with Part 3 of the withdrawal agreement and Part 3 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement), or

ab

section 8C or Part 1C of Schedule 2 (powers in connection with the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol in the withdrawal agreement)

F2b

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2

Where there is more than one appropriate authority in relation to the relevant function, two or more of the appropriate authorities may make regulations under this paragraph jointly.

3

Regulations under this paragraph may (among other things)—

a

prescribe the fees or charges or make provision as to how they are to be determined;

b

provide for the recovery or disposal of any sums payable under the regulations;

c

confer power on the public authority to make, by subordinate legislation, any provision that the appropriate authority may make under this paragraph in relation to the relevant function.