Subsection (1)(a) of section 11 provides for regulations to allow persons listed in subsection (2), or those acting on their behalf, to require the payment of fees in connection with activities described in subsection (3). Subsection (1)(b) enables regulations to make provision as to what must or may be done with the monies.
	Subsection (2) lists the persons who the regulations may enable to charge fees.
	Subsection (2)(a) allows regulations to enable fee charging by data holders. It is intended that, unless the regulations provide otherwise, a data holder’s provision of data and its performance of other obligations should be free to customers and third party recipients.
	Subsection (2)(b) to (e) allows regulations to enable fee charging by decision-makers, interface bodies, enforcers and any other persons carrying out functions imposed or conferred by or under Part 1 regulations.
	The activities described in subsection (3), in connection with which regulations may enable fees to be charged, are activities consisting of the performance of duties or exercise of powers imposed or conferred by or under Part 1 regulations.
	Subsection (4)(a) limits the persons who may be charged fees. That subsection only permits regulations to provide for payment of fees by persons that appear to the Secretary of State or the Treasury to be capable of being directly affected by the performance of duties, or exercise of powers, under Part 1 regulations. This would include data holders, customers who exercise any rights granted to them under data regulations or by whom a third party recipient is authorised to act, and third party recipients.
	Subsection (4)(b) allows for regulations to provide that the amount of the fee (and the amount of fees in aggregate) may exceed the cost in respect of which it is charged. This is intended to allow fees to be set at standardised amounts and/or on a reasonable commercial basis, where appropriate.
	Subsection (5) requires that, except where section 15 (the FCA and financial services interfaces: supplementary) provides otherwise, a fee must be of a specified amount, an amount determined in accordance with the regulations, or an amount not exceeding those amounts. Section 21(3) and (4) provide additional safeguards on the setting of fee amounts and are explained in the commentary on that section.
	Subsection (6) allows regulations specifying an amount, or maximum amount, of a fee to allow fees to increase at times and amounts determined in accordance with the regulations for instance to cater for inflation. This is again subject to section 21(3) and (4).
	Subsection (7) provides that where regulations give a person a discretion to determine the amount of the fee, the regulations must require that person to publish information about the amount and how it is determined.
	Subsection (8) allows the regulations to make provision about interest on, and recovery of, unpaid sums. This is intended to ensure that interest can be charged, and payments can be collected, in the event that fees are not paid on time.
	Subsection (9) enables regulations to make provision about whether a person can require payment otherwise than in reliance on regulations made under subsection (1). This power could be used to "preserve" other powers for charging or to clarify that they may not be used.
	Subsection (10) stipulates that neither section 11 nor regulations under it prevent or limit the charging of fees by third party recipients (other than those to which section 4(4)(a) or (b) applies) otherwise than in reliance on regulations under subsection (1). The intention is that the basis of charging arrangements between third party recipients and customers is a commercial matter for them to determine.
	Subsection (11) clarifies that requirements to pay fees otherwise than in reliance on regulations under subsection (1) include requirements imposed under other legislation, contracts or other arrangements whenever entered into.
Part 1: Access to Customer Data and Business Data Fees etc and financial assistance Section 11: Fees