64Fees for administrative costs relating to notices

64 Fees for administrative costs relating to notices

64 Fees for administrative costs relating to notices

(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the relevant Ministers to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving notices under section 63.

(2) A person who is given a notice under section 63 must, within 30 days, pay the fee prescribed by the regulations into the Marine Protected Areas Fund.

(3) The relevant Ministers may—

(a) extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies, or

(b) waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the relevant Ministers’ own initiative or on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies.

(4) If a person does not pay the fee within the time provided under this section, the relevant Ministers may recover the fee as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.