The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/498
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 6th April 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010

(1) The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 9(3) (meaning of relevant day), substitute—

(3) In this regulation “relevant day” means a day in the period beginning with the start day referred to in section 98(2) (timetable for examining, and reporting on, application) and ending with the completion of the examination, excluding—

(a) a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is a bank holiday in England and Wales, unless any such day was required for the handling of the application;

(b) any day in respect of which in relation to the application there was a suspension under section 108 (suspension during review of national policy statement) or regulation 16 or 17 (accepted applications) of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 ; or

(c) any day which, in relation to the application, the Secretary of State notifies the applicant under regulation 9(1) was not a relevant day due to sickness or such other circumstances as he may notify to the applicant.