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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Cost recovery

370: Exemptions, waivers, and refunds

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"When you don't have to pay a fee or can get money back"

The proposed law says regulations can let you off paying a fee or charge, or give you some of your money back. You might get an exemption, waiver, or refund if you fit into a certain group of people. The chief executive can decide to exempt, waive, or refund a fee or charge if they think it is fair in your situation. The chief executive's decision to exempt, waive, or refund a fee or charge is a type of secondary legislation, which has its own publication rules, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can find more information about this in the Legislation Act 2019. The regulations must say if the chief executive has the power to make these decisions. The regulations made under section 371 can allow for exemptions, waivers, or refunds of fees or charges. You might be able to get some of your money back if you are eligible. The regulations will outline the circumstances in which the chief executive can make these decisions.

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369: Payment of fee or charge, or

"Paying a fee when using arms"

371: Regulations relating to cost recovery, or

"Rules about charging fees for some activities"

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Cost recovery

370Exemptions, waivers, and refunds

Regulations made under section 371 may provide for exemptions from, or waivers or refunds of, any fee or charge prescribed by regulations, in whole or in part, in any class of case.
Regulations made under section 371 may authorise the chief executive, as the chief executive thinks fit in the circumstances specified in those regulations, to exempt, waive, or refund the whole or any part of a prescribed fee or charge.
If regulations authorise the chief executive to exempt, waive, or refund the whole or any part of a fee or charge,—
the instrument granting an exemption, waiver, or refund is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless it applies only to 1 or more named persons; and
the regulations must contain a statement to that effect.