The Building (Local Authority Charges and Amendments Relating to Charging) (England) Regulations 2026
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5 Charging schemes
(1) A local authority must ensure that, taking one financial year with another, the charges payable under a charging scheme as far as possible equate to the costs incurred by the local authority in performing their chargeable functions and providing chargeable advice. (2) A local authority may amend a charging scheme from time to time. (3) The costs incurred by a local authority in performing their chargeable functions and providing chargeable advice may include a reasonable proportion of the authority’s overheads, depreciation and the cost of capital. (4) Not more than six months after the end of each financial year the local authority must publish on the authority’s website a statement, in relation to that year, which sets the charges paid, the costs incurred and the amount of any surplus or deficit. (5) The statement published under this regulation must— (a) include data in accordance with any standard specified in a direction given by the Secretary of State, and (b) be approved by the person having responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of the local authority under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972, or, in the case of the City of London, section 6 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. (6) A local authority must, not less than seven days before the date on which a charging scheme, or an amendment to a charging scheme, is to come into effect— (a) publish a copy of the charging scheme, in the up-to-date form, on their website; (b) publish in their area, in such manner as they consider appropriate, the fact that they have made the charging scheme or as the case may be the amendment, the date on which it comes into effect and the address where it may be inspected. (7) A local authority must keep a copy of the charging scheme made by them in an up-to-date form, and must make it available for inspection free of charge to any member of the public on request and at any reasonable time at the address which is published in accordance with paragraph (6).
5 Charging schemes
(1) A local authority must ensure that, taking one financial year with another, the charges payable under a charging scheme as far as possible equate to the costs incurred by the local authority in performing their chargeable functions and providing chargeable advice. (2) A local authority may amend a charging scheme from time to time. (3) The costs incurred by a local authority in performing their chargeable functions and providing chargeable advice may include a reasonable proportion of the authority’s overheads, depreciation and the cost of capital. (4) Not more than six months after the end of each financial year the local authority must publish on the authority’s website a statement, in relation to that year, which sets the charges paid, the costs incurred and the amount of any surplus or deficit. (5) The statement published under this regulation must— (a) include data in accordance with any standard specified in a direction given by the Secretary of State, and (b) be approved by the person having responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of the local authority under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972, or, in the case of the City of London, section 6 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. (6) A local authority must, not less than seven days before the date on which a charging scheme, or an amendment to a charging scheme, is to come into effect— (a) publish a copy of the charging scheme, in the up-to-date form, on their website; (b) publish in their area, in such manner as they consider appropriate, the fact that they have made the charging scheme or as the case may be the amendment, the date on which it comes into effect and the address where it may be inspected. (7) A local authority must keep a copy of the charging scheme made by them in an up-to-date form, and must make it available for inspection free of charge to any member of the public on request and at any reasonable time at the address which is published in accordance with paragraph (6).
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