The Secretary of State may by order provide for fees to be charged by the Commissioner in respect of the exercise of the Commissioner's functions.
The order may, in particular, make provision—
for fees (including fees for the taking of examinations) to be charged in respect of the assessment of a person's competence to provide immigration advice or immigration services;
for fees to be charged in respect of a person's registration or continued registration;
for fees to be charged for making changes to a person's registration;
for fees to be charged in respect of the provision by the Commissioner of training for persons providing or seeking to provide immigration advice or immigration services;
for fees to be charged in respect of the provision by the Commissioner of, or of access to, training or other material for such persons;
for fees to be charged in respect of the provision by the Commissioner of events for such persons;
for fees to be charged in respect of the accreditation by the Commissioner of training or events for such persons;
for fees to be charged in respect of the provision of advice by the Commissioner;
for, and in connection with, requiring or authorising the Commissioner to waive all or part of a fee in particular cases.
The order may result in the charging of a fee in respect of the exercise of a function in a particular case which exceeds the costs of exercising the function in that case.
But in specifying the amount of a fee by virtue of subsection (3) the Secretary of State may have regard only to either or both of the following—
the costs of exercising the function in question;
the costs of exercising any other function of the Commissioner.
References in subsection (4) to the costs of exercising a function are to the costs of doing so in a particular class of case or in all cases.
In this section "registration" means registration with the Commissioner under section 85.