This Section gives the Secretary of State a power to provide for the payment of charges relating to costs incurred in carrying out enforcement activities under Part 5 of the Act.
	Subsection (1) sets out that the Secretary of State can through regulations make provision requiring relevant persons to pay a charge as a means of recovering enforcement costs incurred in relation to them.
	Subsection (2) defines "enforcement costs" and "relevant person" for the purposes of this Section:
"enforcement costs", in relation to a relevant person, means any costs incurred in connection with the exercise of enforcement functions in relation to the person;
"relevant person" means a person who has failed to comply with any relevant labour market legislation.
	Subsection (3) provides that the regulations may make the amount of a charge a fixed amount, or an amount calculated by reference to an hourly rate. It also allows the regulations to provide that the amount of a charge is to be determined in accordance with the regulations.
	Subsection (4) enables the regulations to provide that the Secretary of State is to determine the amount of charges in line with a scheme made and published by the Secretary of State. The regulations may make provision about such schemes, including the principles governing them.
	Subsection (5) outlines that regulations under this Section can include, amongst other things, provision about:
charges being payable only in specified circumstances;
reductions, exemptions and waivers;
how and when charges are to be paid;
collection or recovery of payments;
charging of interest on unpaid charges;
resolution of disputes relating to the payment of charges, including provision for the making of appeals to a court or tribunal.
	Subsection (6) makes regulations under this Section subject to the negative resolution procedure.
Part 5: Enforcement of Labour Market Legislation Recovery of enforcement costs Section 143: Power to recover costs of enforcement