Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Accreditation: procedure etc Section 300: ADR fees regulations
Subsection (1) allows the Secretary of State, by regulations, to set fees for applications for accreditation and for variation of accreditation and periodic fees for maintaining accreditation.
	The power to make regulations will allow fees charged to be kept under review in the future. Regulations made will be subject to the negative parliamentary procedure.
	Subsection (2) clarifies that the regulations may set different fees for different cases or circumstances and may provide for cases or circumstances where no fees may be required. The regulations may set payment schedules for periodic fees.
	Subsection (3) ensures that, in setting fees, the Secretary of State has regard to the need to ensure that the fees are set at levels commensurate, over a reasonable course of time, with the costs of the Secretary of State in performing the related administrative functions.