Part 2: Social workers etc in England Section 50: Fees
Subsection (1) allows the Secretary of State, through regulations, to confer power on the regulator to charge fees in connection with: registration or continued registration in a register as mentioned in section 39; assessing whether a person meets a professional standard relating to proficiency as mentioned in section 41(4); approval or continued approval of an education or training course or qualification in accordance with a scheme mentioned in section 43.
	Subsections (2) and (3) require the regulator to set the level of the fees in accordance with any provisions in the regulations; and to consult any persons it considers appropriate and to obtain the approval of the Secretary of State before determining the level of any fee.
	Subsections (4) allows for regulations to authorise fees to be set at a level that exceeds the cost of the things in respect of which they are charged but subsection (5) states that regulations must requires the level of any fees to be set with a view to ensuring that, in so far as possible, the regulator’s income does not exceed its expenses.
	Subsection (6) allows for regulations under this section to include provision about the collection and recovery of fees. Under subsection (7) regulations must require the regulator to pay any fee income to the Secretary of State unless the Secretary of State (with consent of the Treasury) directs otherwise.