Section 39 | Fees for applications for registration, supplementary notes, etc

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for or in connection with—

(a)the payment of fees for applications under sections 33, 35, 36 and 37, and

(b)the payment of fees in connection with continued registration in the DVS register.

(2)The regulations may not provide for payment of fees to anyone other than the Secretary of State.

(3)The regulations must—

(a)specify the amount, or the maximum amount of a fee, or

(b)provide for a fee, or the maximum amount of a fee, to be determined in accordance with regulations.

(4)The regulations may provide for the amount of a fee to exceed the administrative costs of determining the application or the administrative costs associated with the continued registration (as the case may be).

(5)Regulations under subsection (1) may (among other things) make provision about the following—

(a)when fees are to be paid;

(b)the manner in which fees are to be paid;

(c)the payment of discounted fees;

(d)exceptions to requirements to pay fees;

(e)the refund of fees (in whole or in part);

(f)interest on any unpaid amounts,

including provision conferring functions on the Secretary of State in relation to the matters in paragraphs (a) to (e).

(6)A fee payable under regulations made under subsection (1)(b), and any interest payable in respect of it, is recoverable summarily (or, in Scotland, recoverable) as a civil debt.

(7)The regulations may—

(a)make different provision for different purposes;

(b)make transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(8)Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.