Subsection (1) enables the Secretary of State to make provision in regulations regarding the payment of fees in respect of applications made under sections 33, 35, 36 or 37 for registration in the DVS register, addition of services or supplementary notes or services to supplementary notes in their entry on the DVS register, and for continued registration on the DVS register.
	Subsection (2) clarifies that the regulations may not provide for the payment of fees to any party other than the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (3) sets out that regulations must specify the amount of the fee to be paid, or the maximum amount at which a fee could be set, or provide for the fee or its maximum amount to be determined as set out in regulations.
	Subsection (4) provides that the fees can be set at a level higher than the administrative costs of determining an application or the administrative costs associated with continued registration. This is so that fees may cover operating costs of the DVS framework.
	Subsection (5) is a non-exhaustive list of the types of provisions the regulations made under subsection (1) may include, such as the timing of fees, the manner in which fees must be paid, the existence of discounts and exceptions to the requirement to pay a fee, if applicable, conditions on the refund of fees, and interest payable on unpaid fees. It also confirms that regulations made under subsection (1) may include provisions on conferring functions to the Secretary of State on all the mentioned items with the exception of interest payable on unpaid fees.
	Subsection (6) sets out that fees payable for continued registration and interest on unpaid fees is recoverable summarily, or recoverable in Scotland, as a civil debt.
	Subsection (7) sets out that the regulations made under subsection (1) can make different provisions for different purposes, and may make transitional, transitory or saving provision.
	Subsection (8) clarifies that regulations made under this section will be subject to the negative resolution procedure.
Part 2: Digital Verification Services DVS register Section 39: Fees for applications for registration, supplementary notes, etc