Part 1: The Office for Students Quality and standards Section 28: Power of designated body to charge fees
This section enables a body designated under Schedule 4 to charge fees to higher education providers for carrying out the assessment functions under section 23 and section 46. The fees charged may, for example, relate to the costs of the performance of assessment functions under section 23 by the designated body, or activities undertaken or services provided by the designated body pursuant to it giving advice to the OfS in relation to the granting, varying or revoking of degree awarding powers under section 46. The fees charged may also be calculated subject to the provisions and limitations set out in subsections (3) to (8).
	Subsections (3) to (8) provide that, for each category of fee above, fees may be calculated by reference to costs incurred by the designated body in the performance of its functions under the relevant subsection of section 23 or section 46, whether or not they relate to the provider being charged, or its general functions (defined in subsection 10). They further provide that the overall fees charged in a 12-month period must not exceed the total costs incurred by the designated body in carrying out those functions over that period.
	The designated body is required to publish a statement of the amount of fees which it charges under this section, and to publish revised statements if the fees change or the way they are calculated changes.
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.