There shall be charged by and paid to the local enforcing authority such fees and charges as may be prescribed from time to time by a scheme under subsection (2) below (whether by being specified in or made calculable under the scheme).
The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make, and from time to time revise, a scheme prescribing—
The Secretary of State shall, on making or revising a scheme under subsection (2) above, lay a copy of the scheme or of the alterations made in the scheme or, if he considers it more appropriate, the scheme as revised, before each House of Parliament.
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A scheme under subsection (2) above may, in particular—
The Secretary of State, in framing a scheme under subsection (2) above, shall, so far as practicable, secure that the fees and charges payable under the scheme are sufficient, taking one financial year with another, to cover the relevant expenditure attributable to authorisations.
The "relevant expenditure attributable to authorisations" is the expenditure incurred by the local enforcing authorities in exercising their functions under this Part in relation to authorisations . . . together with the expenditure incurred by the Environment Agency in exercising, in relation to authorisations granted by local enforcing authorities or the prescribed processes to which such authorisations relate, such of its functions as are specified in the scheme.
If it appears to the local enforcing authority that the holder of an authorisation has failed to pay a charge due in consideration of the subsistence of the authorisation, it may, by notice in writing served on the holder, revoke the authorisation.
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The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to Scotland.