21Secretary may decide not to perform services if fees are not paid

21 Secretary may decide not to perform services if fees are not paid

(1) This section applies in relation to a person (the debtor) who is liable to pay a basic fee or a late payment fee that is due and payable in connection with the performance of an export service for the debtor. (2) The Secretary may give the debtor written notice that the Secretary may decide not to perform any further export services for the debtor unless arrangements for payment of the unpaid fee, satisfactory to the Secretary, are made within 14 days after the date of the notice. (3) If, at the end of the period of 14 days referred to in subsection (2), arrangements for payment of the unpaid fee, satisfactory to the Secretary, have not been made, then, despite any arrangement between the Secretary and the debtor, the Secretary may decide not to perform any further export services for the debtor. (4) Action by the Secretary under this section does not affect the liability of the debtor to pay the unpaid fee. (5) For this section, an export service is a service in connection with which a fee is imposed under this instrument.

Note: Part 16 (Reconsideration and review of decisions) of the Export Control (Prescribed Goods—General) Order 2005 applies in relation to a decision made under this section.