Welsh Statutory Instrument SI 2018 Wales

The Sustainable Drainage (Application for Approval Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018

These Regulations make provision for an approving body to charge fees in relation to applications for approval of sustainable drainage systems pursuant to Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).

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Enforced by
NRW
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.006 Application modified by agreement before determination Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Approving body must not charge a fee for agreed pre-decision modificationsLocal authority
s.010 Refund of application fees Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Approving body must refund application fees charged in errorStatutory regulator
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application fees
s.004 Scale of fees
s.005 Fee chargeable for application by community council
s.007 Fees for applications involving alternative proposals
s.008 Fees for inspection as a condition of approval
s.009 Fee chargeable for application relating to previous application

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Connected legislation

The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.

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