11Person liable to pay fees under these regulations

11 Person liable to pay fees under these regulations

(1)  For the purposes of these regulations, the person liable to pay a fee under these regulations, in respect of a project of State significance, is the person proposing the project of State significance.

(2)  If there are two or more persons proposing the project of State significance –

(a) each such person is liable, in equal shares, to pay a fee that is payable under these regulations in respect of the project, unless all such persons agree otherwise; and

(b) the person to whom the fee is payable may recover the fee, jointly and severally, from one or more such persons.

(3)  Nothing in subregulation (2) prevents a person proposing the project of State significance (the first proponent) from recovering, from another person proposing the project of State significance, an amount paid by the first proponent under subregulation (2) , in respect of a fee, that exceeds the amount that the first proponent is liable to pay under that subregulation for that fee.