Part 1: The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Funding Section 12: Powers of the OGA to charge fees
This section provides the OGA with the power to charge fees for certain services it provides to the oil and gas industry, such as considering an application for a licence to explore for petroleum. Section 12(2) gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations determining the amount of the fees.
	The section does not give the OGA the power to charge fees in relation to functions which it carries out either under an order under section 69 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 or under an agreement with the Welsh Ministers under section 7.