Statutory Instruments Act 1992

If a power is conferred under a law for a statutory instrument to prescribe a fee, the power includes a power to—

exempt any person or matter from payment of all or part of the fee; or

waive payment of all or part of the fee for any person or matter; or

refund all or part of an amount of the fee paid by a person; or

provide for a stated person to grant an exemption, or make a waiver or refund, mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

If—

a law requires payment of a fee prescribed under a statutory instrument by a person or for a matter; and

either—

the person or matter is exempted under the statutory instrument from payment of all or part of the fee; or

all or part of the fee is waived for the person or matter under the statutory instrument;

the requirement to pay the fee is taken to have been satisfied to the extent of the exemption or waiver.

A provision of a statutory instrument under which a fee is refunded, or a person may refund a fee, does not authorise the payment of an amount from the consolidated fund.